Quotes About Idolization

I idolized my father, especially as a young boy. He was bigger than life. He commanded the room.

From a young age I was really into pop music because I had these two older sisters who were into it, and I wanted to be like them. They liked Wham! and so I was really into them too.

So, from a very young age, my mom tells me that I wanted to be Michael J. Fox. I didn't want to be an actor. I just wanted to be Michael J. Fox for awhile. And then, I realized that he was an actor, so I pursued that.

Taylor Swift is so flawless, and so unattainable, and I don't think it's breeding anything good in young girls.

You're raising a kid and you give it food and shelter and, most importantly, you give it the feeling that it's special. I think people react to celebrities like that - I mean, they treat celebrities like children.

I get recognized often, but they don't treat me like a god. It would be nice if they did, I think.

When you become successful, half the population puts you on a pedestal, and half the population treats you with less respect than you would have got if you were collecting their bins.

When I was 17, I read a profile of Carol Leifer. Since then, I wanted to be her. I still want to be her.

It's the reason we become enamored of certain singers, I think, because they project the voice we wish to summon within ourselves. His

I lived, ate, breathed, slept Shawn Michaels. I wouldn't call it pro wrestling back in the day when I was a kid. I just called it Shawn Michaels.

I've got the biggest crush on Patti Smith.

I'm a huge fan of James Dean, that got me started. Nowadays I smoke four packs in a day.

I was even more of a fan of Jake The Snake than I was of my dad when I was a kid, and that's because of the snake. Jake used to have his snake, Damien, out in the locker room slithering around the showers. In the locker room, they would actually block off one of the showers just so Damien could roll around, and I'd sit there and watch him.

Girls come up to me and start crying. Or they're so nervous, they are shaking. Some have tried to sneak grabs of my abs and my butt!

I cannot hold a grudge against Mariah Carey. What people don't understand is that I've looked up to her for so many years.

He nourished the cult of Sabina more as religion than as love.

I kind of understand now why people freak out when they see celebrities that they love, because that's how I feel about every single Muppet.

In our society, in our culture, we love to build people up. We love to build the pedestal, and we love to put 'em up there on it, and then we can't wait for the day they fall off of it.

If I could be somebody, it'd definitely be Brad Pitt. I love the way he looks.

I was a huge Della Reese fan, when Della Reese was on. I idolized all the panelists. I was in love with Kitty Carlisle. Nipsey Russell, Bill Cullen, Peggy Cass, Gene Rayburn.

We all romanticize the people we adore.

...I put you on the pedestal - made you a saint - dare I blaspheme?...

One can hope to be like Julie Christie, and with a bit of luck might be able to, but you couldn't hope to be like Rita Hayworth.

DMX was just one of the figures that I thought no one could ever be better than. I used to look up to him so much. The bikes, the dogs, that's where I come from.