Quotes About Fandom

I told Pedro this story: I used to wear a freakin' Pedro Martinez jersey because it had 'Martinez' on the back.

It's cool that someone would be willing to pay to wear your jersey around.

I was actually a Cowboys fan growing up, so I didn't care much for the Jets or Giants.

I get sent lots of jewellery by fans, and that's absolutely lovely.

Jim Gaffigan is someone I've always been a fan of.

Joan was one of my biggest fans, as was Chrissie Hynde.

Everybody either hates or loves John Cena; there's no medium. I feel like that I've accomplished something when I get people to cheer for John Cena. I feel like I've done something.

I love Johnny Depp.

To me, the people on 'Copper' were rock stars. Before I joined that show, I loved that show.

I used to watch 'Hollyoaks' before I joined the show, and I always loved the McQueens. To be part of that now is just brilliant.

There's a big overlap with the people you meet at the fantasy and science fiction cons.

Fandom has a nasty tendency to absorb the surface appearances of a thing without ever bothering to internalize its underlying message. Huh. I guess it is just like a religion

If you say I just yell on records, that means you ain't a real fan of me, and I would never even give your comment the time of day.

Wherever I go in Orlando, people always are nice to me and say, 'hi' and want to talk to me. And when they yell, 'VOOOOOOCH!' in games I love that.

When you've done it long enough - I've done something like 21 World Series - just about every fan base has turned off the TV when their team lost and I was screaming and yelling for the other side.

When I was a kid, I loved a heavy metal band called Motley Crue. I was thirteen when they came to my city, and I called every hotel in the Yellow Pages asking for a room by the name of their manager in hopes of meeting the band. After two or three hours of calling hotels, I got through, and the manager's brother answered the phone.

I love black and yellow. Black and yellow is Batman; black and yellow is Spongebob!

I like Yoda. I like the Ewoks.

I lived in New York for 10 years; I followed the Rangers. Now I live in L.A. I want to adopt a team. I'm always going to be a Kansas City Chiefs and Royals fan. I want to adopt a team in a new town, so I've adopted the Kings.

Sure, there were people from Missouri and Illinois who grew up Cardinals fans and migrated to New York for work or love. Cardinals fans congregate periodically at Foley's near Herald Square to root for the team of their childhood, up there on the TV screen.

One Direction? The young girls will grow up and forget about 'em.

The special thing about 'Star Wars' is you can come to it and become a fan at any age. It's such an interesting franchise. I wasn't lucky enough to see it as a young kid, and I didn't have any older siblings that loved it and made me want to watch it, too.

You have to tread lightly with stan culture.

I won't let any of my friends become a fan. To me, you're either a friend or you're a fan. That doesn't mean my friends can't support me, because they all do, but they can't treat me differently than they would treat someone else. None of my friends are in awe of me.