Quotes About Idolization

I've fondly dreamed of becoming the face of an important brand since I was a child, in the same way that others dream of becoming an astronaut. I dreamed of this as I first and foremost dreamed of becoming an actor and would look up at these huge posters of celebrities while driving along motorways or crossing under bridges.

I don't think any player lives up to his potential, because people out there put you so high on a pedestal, you'll never be as good as they expect.

Of all the people I've ever met that I got a bit tongue-tied around was Chris Moyles. And it was just down the corridor at Radio X. I grew up listening to him, in the car on the way to school, and that voice, you feel like you wake up with him.

Fans look up to us, and that's creepy.

I looked up to cricket players such as Imran Khan.

I never have celebrity crushes.

I have such a huge girl crush on Beyonce.

I have such a crush on Shirley Manson. I think she's the coolest thing.

I have a crush on Cate Blanchett.

I still celebrate the day when I first met Shah Rukh Khan. One can't just have a crush on him: he is a person whom you love.

Javier Bardem though is my man crush.

Growing up, you watch players like Ronaldinho playing in World Cups, doing the business, and you idolise these people.

I live for Snooki. She's so cute. I love her so much.

I was a huge Brett Favre fan, because how could you not like him as a kid playing football? Then getting a chance to play against him was pretty damn cool.

I have admired Taufik Hidayat for being exceptionally talented and Hendrawan for being a great player only because of his hard work and dedication. I have always looked up to them as players.

I am obsessed with John Mayer. I love him. I just think he's so talented. I have his documentary in my iTunes. I watch it all the time.

Kanye is the best. I'm obsessed with him to the nine. There's nobody smarter, cooler. I sit for hours talking to him sometimes. There's nobody more amazing, brilliant, innovative. He talks to me and I leave him and I'm like How am I going to talk to regular people now?

The first person I ever really got starstruck over was Nicole Kidman, because I looked up to her. When I was younger, I wouldn't get parts because of how tall I was. I had the body of a 15-year-old but the face of a 12-year-old. I always looked at Nicole Kidman and thought, 'Oh well, she works.'

I grew up going to Dodger Stadium and I would look out there on the field with my dad and say, 'Man, those guys are superstars.' And they were. But they almost had this extraterrestrial feel to them, like it wasn't achievable. It wasn't a tangible goal because I didn't know anything about the players.

Fans are very aggressive when it comes to Snoop. They just want a piece of him so much. I would probably say more so than any other celebrity because he's so tangible.

Jailbait," he declared, leaping up. "You're a saint. A goddess, even.

I knew, right then, that no matter how bedraggled I looked or how blank he tried to keep his face, I was a goddess to him.

Never place someone so high on a pedestal that if they should fall... you get crushed.

The moment you put someone on a pedestal they will look down upon you. The trick is respecting each other equally.