Pete Doherty 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.

Admiration of great men, living or dead, naturally evokes imitation of them in a greater or less degree.

You don't have to know people personally for them to be role models. Some of my most important role models were historical or literary figures that I only read about - never actually met.

I have never emulated any star or celebrity completely, and I hope nobody does the same of me.

It's like Christians who want to be like Jesus. We're just trying to follow in someone's footsteps. Might as well be The Beatles.

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

I look at Jagger and the like and if I see a good attitude I'll admire it but I wouldn't copy their style.

We tend to become like those whom we admire.

We all wanted to copy Vivien Leigh.

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

When I was younger, I was emulating David Letterman. David Letterman would yell out of his office window with a megaphone, and the next thing I'm doing is standing on the roof of a parking garage with a megaphone.

One of the most flattering things is when other people are seeing what you're doing and then replicating that kind of thing.

As actors you have this trait to imitate very easily. I don't want to imitate anything or limit myself of finding this creature, this woman because I'm looking at magazines and I'm reading comics, and I'm asking people that are avid readers of The Guardians.

In life, we all learn from everyone. But if you like and admire someone tremendously, perhaps because they think the way you do, or like the way you think, then inevitably you do.

Pick your role models wisely, find out what they did and do it.

Federer said something interesting once. He said that he was watching Rod Laver, and me, and he said he was trying to copy us and to be like us. And that’s a great compliment for us.

I think that there are many ways in which people look for heroes, messiahs, things like that in society. I think some people are looking for something that maybe they don't possess. To me, ultimately, you are looking for someone who understands you, or at least you think understands you. It all comes down to understanding for who we look to as heroes.

You can tell a lot about a person by who his or her heroes are.

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

We grow into that which we admire.

A great part of art consists in imitation. For the whole conduct of life is based on this: that what we admire in others we want to do ourselves.

It's not just children who need heroes.

I say nice things about Mariah all the time. I tell Mariah all the time how much of a fan I am of her. She's one of my favorite artists of all time... She's shaped a generation of singers.

You forget how many people watch TV until you come into a town like this. Everybody knows you, and I'm always humbled, especially when there are 500 little kids who all have their hair done like yours and want to be designers.

I felt connected with Madonna from a very young age. I think I share a lot of qualities from her personality. I really respect her.