Tilda Swinton Quotes

I don't think that I want to meet any of the icons. I don't think that anybody can quite live up to your expectations.

As a kid, when you're in a film with somebody, you look up to them, you know?

You're still my idol.

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.

It's exciting to see a kid at a rehearsal meeting with someone who seems like such an icon.

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.

Everyone has someone they looked up to. Mine was Mickey Mantle. For Alex Rodriguez to idolize me coming up, that makes me feel very good.

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

I got to work with one of my heroes, Johnny Depp, and to see how he goes about business, which was really inspiring for me at this stage in my career.

I don't think I look up to any players. Obviously you respect everyone.

I try to reach out to my idols.

I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.

It is difficult to take in that your idols are in the same place as you are.

Working with Jamie Lee Curtis has changed my life. I grew up adoring her.

I had one girl tell me last night that I'm the greatest thing ever, that she wants to aspire to be me. Just stuff like, 'You're my idol. I love you.' It's awesome. It's what it's all about.

Every time I see Leonardo DiCaprio in a movie, I'm like, 'Dude, you're awesome. I want to be just like you when I grow up.'

There's a lot of players that get starstruck.

I'll never be on the level of my idols.

I love the way Shah Rukh Khan host awards. He's the one person that I look up to.

Heroes, it would seem, exist always and a certain worship of them.

Truly, there is something to the idea that hero-worship is helpful, provided one worships a winner.

I have no role models. Many heroes. I have an enormous capacity for hero worship.

Have you ever felt the longing for someone you could admire? For something, not to look down at, but up to?

I've tended to avoid meeting my heroes. They aren't necessarily the nicest people anyway. The exception was George Harrison, one of the loveliest men I've ever met. He lent me his home studio to make Hormonally Yours.

I've always looked up to him, even though he is shorter.