Alesha Dixon Quotes

I'm aiming to become the white Oprah.

I'm looking to do an honest job, and I don't have any Indian talk show as a reference point. I'm not looking down on them, but I want to do what Oprah did.

When I saw 'Independence Day,' I said, 'I want to be like Will Smith.' I want to do something like that. If he can do it, maybe one day I can come close to a set like that.

My idol was Jennifer Lopez.

I've always dreamed of growing up to be Amy Poehler.

Working for Oprah is a dream come true. She was on my dream board for the longest time.

I was recently asked about the business side of 'Biggest Loser,' but as long as we entertain people, we can keep coming back and making a difference. It's a delicate balance, but one feeds off the other. I feel so good about the show - it's uplifting and inspiring and entertaining at the same time.

My father was the role model I looked up to. My dad was an entertainer, too. I patterned my life after him. He wanted me to do better than he did. He never sold a record in his life, but to me, he was still a rock star.

If I did a talk show, this would allow me to speak on what's happening at that moment. I can be current, and I get to flex my stand-up muscle but stay at home without doing the traveling.

Oprah has definitely caught my eye. My mom and I used to watch her shows. We just love her.

I'm a talk-show host, I'm going to be a talk-show host.

If I could have half the career of Diane Sawyer, I'd be a happy woman.

I grew up watching Oprah on television. So, to say I didn't learn a lot from her just wouldn't be true.

If a little black girl in Montgomery, Alabama, or some far-reaching region sees something that I do and aspires to do it one day with the knowledge that she can achieve it, then hey, my work is done.

I always wanted to become a good role model for kids as a professional football player. Unfortunately, I didn't attain that through football, but I was smart enough to realize that professional wrestling provided another opportunity for that.

My goal was always to take a talk show to the network. I never wanted to be on MSNBC.

I've wanted to be in daytime television for a long time, because that's where you can convey a message.

I'm going to be the next David Frost.

I use my celebrity status to inspire someone, to give them hope.

I've wanted to interview Hillary Clinton since I was 15 years old.

It's always been a dream of mine to have my own show.

As a little kid, I would watch Oprah almost every day.

The world that I would want to get into would be acting. In the beginning, I would do stuff as myself if I had the opportunity to host events - host, like, a talk show. Something like that, I think, would be super amazing.

I saw pageants as a way to be a role model. I think that was always very important to me, to live my life by a certain way that I was proud of and to have those opportunities for scholarship.

I look at television as a giant commercial for promoting this mission that I'm on. It's the best way for me to show that girls can be anything they set their minds to. I don't do it for the fame, and I most certainly don't do it for the money. It's sad that a lot of people want to get into television specifically for that reason.