Ringo Starr Quotes

I thought I'd gone to heaven, because I grew up watching Roy and Gene Autry.

I learned a lot from Jimmie Rodgers when I started trying to yodel.

I listen to Emmylou Harris. She's my favorite. I don't know why, but I just feel more creative with her playing.

Even by the time I was four or five, I had Gene Autry records.

Well, I love Bob Dylan, let's make that clear. He's one of my musical heroes.

Let's be clear about one thing: a film about Katharine Hepburn is an excellent idea. She was one of the most fascinating, complex stars ever to grace a motion picture screen, and she deserves a full-scale, big-screen biographical treatment.

For me, it's a compliment to be compared with Marilyn, the unforgettable actress, the most beautiful one of all. But, curves aside, we have very little in common.

In primary school when I was 6-7 years old, I always go to theater with my uncle, and I don't know why I like the atmosphere, dark only. The screen has some lighting, that kind of things, you can see the movie star and so that's why I like movies.

The big stars I felt a kinship with were never the romantic leads. It wasn't Steve McQueen or Robert Redford - it was people like Walter Matthau and Anthony Quinn. My big hero was Tommy Cooper.

As a little girl, I got to meet Audrey Hepburn, who took my face in her hands and suddenly make me want to be an actress.

You can really call Irene Dunne 'The First Lady of Hollywood', because she's the first real lady Hollywood has ever seen.

Harrison Ford has always been one of my favorite actors. I grew up with Han Solo and Indiana Jones, and 'Regarding Henry' is one of my favorite movies of all time.

I always adored Cary Grant. I was fascinated by him. But I could never get too close to him.

Who is the pinnacle of male-ness in America? Leonardo DiCaprio.

Barbra Streisand, for one, is one of my idols. I've listened to her since I was a little kid - the first album I ever bought was 'A Star is Born' with Kris Kristofferson.

Richard Gere's got this very old-school Hollywood charm. He has a presence that when he's in a room you just feel him. I mean, I'm married, but he's sexy!

I had been raised on country and western in Missouri. But gospel was great.

I listened to country music my whole life. I started writing music when I was a teenager. It all came out country.

Did any artist ever bring more pure joy to more people than Fred Astaire?

I listen to a lot of really old western and country music. There's a lot of cool stuff in there... all the heartbreak of the country darkness.

Patsy Cline is my favorite singer in the entire world - she is my idol. I adore her.

And one of my favorites was Eddy Arnold of course. He just had that smooth, soulful voice.

I was always in love with Judy Garland, and when I was growing up, I fell in love with Leonardo DiCaprio, of course.

Clark Gable was the first to have called me a mermaid.

I grew up being absolutely in love with Tom Hanks. I remember, all the kids had Brad Pitt plastered all over their textbooks, and then I had Tom Hanks plastered over mine.