Nico Santos Quotes

I really appreciate people like Rosie coming out and saying I've inspired them.

Diane Keaton was a big role model for me.

I've really had two heroes in my life. My father and Ronald Reagan.

My celebrity status allows me an opportunity, allows me a pulpit to preach and reach out to the people. Not even always preaching but just leading, motivating them by being a leader.

I was a big fan of Jean-Claude Van-Damme growing up, and I always wanted to be a martial artist 'cause of him.

If I modeled myself after anybody, it probably would have been Richard Pryor.

I'll be the first to thank RuPaul, who gave me the money and let me out into the world. RuPaul is an excellent role model. I'm talking about someone who has worked hard in the business for quite some time. RuPaul put gay men in wigs into people's living rooms. RuPaul is the reason that we're not threatening.

I think Korra, I later realized she was inspired by my sister, who is pretty tough.

I remember being captivated by Steve Coogan and Eddie Izzard and wanting to do what they did. That generation of comedians was my main influence.

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

I have kids from everywhere, not just Australia, and they want to be like Redfoo. They love Redfoo and I love them.

The amount of people that have said, 'You've inspired me to be confident. I've come out to my friends because of you,' that reduces me to tears every time, because I'm just, like, little old me from Hull has had an implication on somebody's life. That's massive to me. Massive.

Conor McGregor has been a tremendous inspiration to me.

Nobody has had a bigger influence on me as far as day-to-day preparation than Todd Lickliter. He was a huge, huge, huge influence.

Duane Jones is a personal hero of mine.

I think that for a lot of people, I inspire them to be themselves.

The most moving responses I got to my coming out in the first place was people, like teenagers, letting me know that it made their lives easier in some way.

I'm not saying that maybe there isn't a kid out there whose behavior hasn't been influenced by me in some way. I'm sure there is. But I can only speak for myself, and if you'd asked if my behavior had ever been affected by people I'd admired from afar, like musicians or footballers, that'd be a yes, totally. Right down to their hand gestures.

Getting to work with Edie Falco and watching her be a quiet presence - but a very powerful presence - and so brilliant and free? That was the first person I saw where I was like, 'I want to emulate that.'

Maria Bamford is someone who's really inspired me in a big way.

I grew up watching Jim Carrey, and I was like, 'I want to be like him. I want to do what exactly what he does.' YouTube was just a platform, kind of like a trampoline to, like, bounce into it at a faster rate.

Coach Spurrier, without question, has been the biggest influence to me, next to my father.

My dad had a huge influence. He's my idol, and I'm following everything he did, looking for something I can use myself.

The person that inspired me throughout most of my childhood was Angela Bassett.

Just watching this woman owning the TV, there is no doubt that the reason I wanted to get into TV presenting is down to Cilla.