Quotes About Idolization

Growing up, I wanted to be Chris Evert.

So, I'm a huge Chris Jericho fan. I've always been a huge Chris Jericho fan.

My childhood was defined by my father's absence. His presence looms so large. Up until the age of 18, he was a superstar for me.

The biggest high for me was to marry Rajesh Khanna. That was a high, and I don't think my success was as much of a high as getting married to this superstar. I used to be a big fan of his; it was dream come true.

Zico was my idol. He was a very good player from Flamengo, and I was a Flamengo supporter from Rio de Janeiro. I was always looking for him and saying I want to be like him. He's my big hero.

I don't want to surpass Messi.

Getting to share the ring with guys I idolized is never going to stop being surreal for me.

I've done stuff in the past and followed in the footsteps of my heroes, and each time, it felt a little bit surreal.

You put us on a pedestal in order to look up our skirts.

When a great man has become petrified, and everyone begins to proclaim his greatness, he has already turned into a puppet.

When you love, love as if the person is a god, not less than that. Never love a woman as a woman and never love a man as a man.

Worship of a hero is transcendent admiration of a great man.

Men put me on a pedestal, then never come to visit.

Men worship the shows of great men; the most disbelieve that there is any reality of great men to worship.

Everyone loved Steve Jobs and the idea of Steve Jobs. Like a lot of people, I loved a man I never knew.

The followers of a great man often put their eyes out, so that they may be the better able to sing his praise.

The young man reveres men of genius, because, to speak truly, they are more himself than he is.

I worked with everybody, the best, and they actually paid me money to stand next to the people I idolized.

I think Julianne Moore is the most radiantly beautiful human being and isn't messing with nature too much. She seems like a woman who treats her body like a temple. I cannot relate to that!

Heroes don't have friends, they have fans.

People view celebrities from a place of envy and inferiority. Instead of being personally inspired by their great artistry they see them in a position they could never attain

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.

My nephews all look at me differently now. Before, they couldn't relate to me, and now I'm like a god.

I've always said I don't believe in God, I believe in Al Pacino.