Thomas Muller Quotes

I was shaped by the heroes in the films I saw, which you always want to emulate and be like. I wanted to be like Alan Ladd, Gary Cooper, Jimmy Stewart.

When I was 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, I had so many people I looked up to and was so inspired by all these different people. It's cool to be in that position.

You look up to your heroes and you shouldn't be intimidated by them; you should be inspired by them.

We all want heroes and we all want somebody to look up to.

I try to reach out to my idols.

My idols are all older.

As you get older it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary.

Like all children, I spent a lot of time looking for idols.

I have a lot of role models.

I have role models, but I take the attributes of the people that I admire, and I use them to create my best self.

So much of what I do has been based off of my heroes and guys I've watched come up.

Some people shun the idea of role models but I think it's one of the most important things people have in life - role models, to look up to.

I think we all grow up with idols and things like that.

I've been inspired by people's work, but I never grew up with posters on my bedroom wall or obsessed with one person.

And I believe we need heroes, I believe we need certain people who we can measure our own shortcomings by.

If you want to be like the greats, you learn from the greats.

Ninety per cent of how you learn is watching great people. When you are surrounded by good actors it lifts your performance.

I grew up trying to be like my idols, and one of the main people in my life was my father. He played football, and when your father is telling stories about the game he played... Everybody wants to be like their father.

I had this sort of idolatry for certain actors who preceded me, people who inspired me, so I'm honored to be that way for young actors.

Guys have to look up to somebody. Everybody needs to have their own role and somebody has to be the star.

Never had any idols, ever. I never had any posters, nothing.

My heroes were always soccer players.

If you don't have heroes in the beginning, you don't grow.

Two of my biggest heroes were my father and John Wayne.

My role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, 'I wish I could do that.'