Quotes About Nostalgia

I'm a huge fan of Billy Idol. I spiked my hair every day like him in 7th and 8th grade.

I have watched every single season of 'American Idol' since the beginning, when Ryan Seacrest co-hosted with Brian Dunkleman. Brian who? Exactly.

We did the original 'Pop Idol,' so I don't think we could go back to do a singing show.

My favorite growing up was Bret Hart. I just idolized him when I was a child; he was my hero.

I've played 'Madden' my entire life and all of the guys in the 90s I idolized growing up.

I watched Romario when I was young, and he was one of my idols.

We were brought up in a very happy family and I can't whinge about my childhood because it was idyllic.

Growing up on a farm in the '70s and '80s was just idyllic, you know, but I look at the difference in the way that my kids have grown up and how I've really done so much and dedicated my life and my heart and soul to making their life as easy as possible, because we always want our children to have it better than we had it.

The Forest of Arden, where I grew up, is where 'As You Like It' is set. It was idyllic.

I grew up in a little town between Bath and Bristol with my parents and grandparents in the same house. It was rural and idyllic.

I would love to just watch episodes of 'Horsin' Around' if I could.

If I could go anywhere in the world, that place would be home.

If I could be in any band, I think it would have to be The Beatles. That would have been a lot of fun.

I like my old nose. If I could get it out the cupboard and put it on, then I would.

When I was in third grade, I would run home - literally run home from school - and if I could make it in time, I could get home and the put the TV on in time to catch the answering machine message at the start of 'The Rockford Files.'

If I could, I would like my son to study in Jamshedpur, where I did my schooling.

If I could go back in time, I'd return to when my parents were alive and appreciate them more than I did when I was growing up.

If I could live anywhere else in the world, I would probably want a place back in New York.

It is a good life. I would do it all over in a minute if I could.

If I could go back and tell 13-year-old self that I would be on screen with Lisa Kudrow, spending my birthday on a ghost train in Blackpool with her, I would have been beside myself.

When I was younger and I did West End shows like 'Les Mis,' 'Mary Poppins' and 'Chitty,' I was blissfully ignorant - it was amazing to be a part of, but I didn't realise the scale of it all and how important a role it would play in my life when I grew up. It was just a fun thing I'd do every couple of days.

Then my mother was taken ill and died and my father took me to St. Mary's.

I adore all Agatha Christie's books and turn to them whenever I'm ill or need cheering up.

I still think of myself as from Illinois.