Trent Reznor Quotes

When I was a little kid, I looked up to other people, so I hope that I can inspire little kids.

I still credit Adrian Lester with being one of my biggest influences.

I'm flattered that other artists consider me a role model.

Everybody is inspired by someone.

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.

Ghulam Ali Khan saab is my greatest inspiration.

David Geffen was a Bruce Wayne to me. He was extraordinary, but at the same time, his talents were something that I could dream of and could fathom.

In my professional life, someone I really look up to is Kathleen Finch.

I just looked up to my brother because he was a professional. He was the one I wanted to follow.

I would like to be somebody young people, young girls, can look up to.

I felt that Balanchine was my father towards me. He was the person I most admired and looked up to.

I definitely did look up to John. We all looked up to John. He was older and he was very much the leader; he was the quickest wit and the smartest.

Marguerite Duras was a very good friend of mine and an intellectual hero. She was also a sort of mother figure. Of course she was an influence.

I never really had an idol.

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

I got into acting because my teachers kept nudging me into it. The power a teacher has to influence someone is so great. I can't think of a profession I have more respect for.

I don't have an idol per se.

Obviously, the person who had most influence on my career was Ken Thompson.

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.

I would love to be a role model.

Michael J. Fox was my idol. I always wanted to be Michael J. Fox.

Every boy needs a role model that he can be proud of and talk about to the other kids in the playground.

I've met Oprah Winfrey twice, but I want to spend some quality time with her. I want to sit her down and talk at her for a minute about what she means to me and why she means that. Then I have some advice for her, too... I have an idea or two.

I want to be a role model.

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