James Broughton Quotes

I was the typical little sister who wanted to be just like her older brother. When I was growing up, my brother wrote phenomenal stories, so I wanted to write them, too.

I want to make him the proudest dad to have me and I want to show everybody and nearly be as good as him because he was the best.

I've always modeled myself after Ginger.

We tend to become like those whom we admire.

We all wanted to copy Vivien Leigh.

A hero that doesn't look like you makes you want to be something else.

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.

I've never wanted to be like anybody. That's something that my dad taught me growing up: 'Never want to be like someone; be the next you.' But I am a fan of the game, I'm a fan of the position, and I watch everyone.

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.

It's always good to have someone you want to be like.

I'm a dreamer. I watch people. You don't try to become them because you could never become any of those guys. But you hope that some of it, you know, comes off on you at some point in your show, some point in your writing, that it happens to you and this light just shines on you.

Annika's my role model, and I wish in the future I could be like her.

We grow into that which we admire.

I see a lot of women of every age trying to be something else. I see them trying to imitate behaviors that they think belong to successful people.

From the first instant I met her, I wanted to be Nora Ephron. I just really wanted to please her.

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.

Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.

My older sisters were in acting, and of course, I wanted to be just like them!

I would like to be someone like Steve Martin. That's the path I'd like to follow.

Just the title of 'American Idol' is something that people can look up to. I'm not Saint Scott, I'm not Mr. Perfect, but I want to be that role model.

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'm starting to see players copy what I do. I'm flattered.

I think a lot of the time having someone who you, not base yourself on, but can see yourself being after a few years, you can get quite blinded by that, in the same way love can be.

You do sometimes watch performances and just think, 'I may as well give up. I won't reach that. I may as well give up.' But then there are other actors you watch and just think, 'Oh my God, yes, I want to try and do that. Try and be like that'. And Bryan Cranston is someone who I'd like to try and be like.

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