Quotes About Role models

Captain America and the Avengers were my favorite characters as a kid.

I was obsessed with Carol Burnett, Lily Tomlin; I watched 'Mama's Family' religiously.

It's important for kids to see someone who looks like them carving his own path. I definitely acknowledge that, and I think it's super great.

I never really looked up to celebrities when I was young.

I liked movers and shakers more than celebrities. I wasn't that interested in celebrities. I grew up without a TV.

It's great to admire other people's fashion choices, but I don't think you should idolise anyone.

I loved going to superhero films growing up - you come home, and you pretend to be those people, and it ends up informing much of what you aspire to be. And that's what I will say is important about the genre.

These superhero movies are starting to give more love to not only black characters but also to more female characters, which is necessary because you have boys and girls of all colors who are looking at these superheroes saying, 'I want to be that. I want to look like that. Show me somebody that I can automatically connect with.'

It's important to for your kids to see themselves in their superheroes. Really, it's important for all of us.

I often find that superheroes are the bachelors or the billionaires - and everyone loves them. Peter Parker is basically the complete opposite. I just think that's what a lot of kids feel like as they're growing up.

I was always looking up to supermodels. They were, like, my superheroes.

There aren't as many girl superheroes, but there are cool ones. Banshee, for instance.

Growing up, I always liked Catwoman and Superman; they inspired me.

As a child, I was always drawn to heroic characters. I decided I wanted to act when I realised that Superman and all those gangsters and Indians were just real people in costume.

Baseball needs more superstars.

As WWE superstars we have the unique ability to encourage young people who may be following the wrong path to change their lives for the better.

Aside from introducing and supporting legislation to help close the gender gap in STEM, I believe that shining the spotlight on female role models is one of the best ways we can break the gender stereotype.

When I started supporting Man United, Dwight Yorke and Andy Cole were my heroes growing up.

What kind of influence did my parents have on my life? Well, they had the most influence. These are the people who are closest to me. My parents are very positive people. They've been supportive. They're always there.

Doing science at the highest level is hard for anyone. It's hard for women, and it's hard for the men. And we need to have supportive mentors and role models we can look up to.

When you grow up looking at Superman, Batman, and all those superheroes, you take it for granted that is what superheroes are supposed to be. So then, when I see art books at the library, and I'm seeing Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo and Rembrandt, I think that's what artists look like.

The American people don't believe politicians. They don't believe business leaders or Hollywood celebrities or athletes or other supposed role models. And they certainly don't believe the news media.

Lots of men have failed as presidents, as Trump surely will, but few fail so dismally as role models. He's a boy's idea of a man. He's a man's idea of a boy.

We always seem to be a bit surprised that our children are reflecting stuff that we are showing them. I don't know about you, but every movie that I saw when I was a kid, I emulated. I was Haley Mills for an entire summer and had an English accent.