Celebrity Idol Quotes

Every kid wants to be an actor. When I was a kid, I thought, 'Oh, it'd be great to be like Errol Flynn. I want to be an actor.'

I couldn't believe I was working with Michael Jackson. I thought, growing up as a kid, I thought Michael was a cartoon.

It's always been my dream to look like Mariah Carey in my photos with a microphone. I don't know how she does it. When she sings, she looks perfect.

I want to be like Tom Cruise from 'The Outsiders' and go on and do amazing movies for a long time.

Julie Chen. She's my ultimate celebrity idol. I think she's one of the most amazing interviewers and hosts ever - and would kill to pick her brain. I am a fangirl of talent, so to see someone slaying the competition doing what I'd love to do, that's inspiring to me.

When I was a kid, I think I wanted to be Arnold Schwarzenegger.

I was big on movies when I was little. I always wanted to be certain actresses and do my thing like that.

I did want to be Joni Mitchell for quite a long time.

I don't think I ever said, "I want to be an actress." But for Halloween, I dressed up as a movie star from when I was seven to when I was twelve. The costume was always a long dress, with makeup, and my hair curled, and jewelry on. And the movie star was always Jenny McCarthy. So right there you could see a little pattern.

Hopefully, I can follow in Leonardo DiCaprio's shoes. I probably say this in every interview, but he is one of my favorite actors of all time.

I don't think I had the aspiration to be a star growing up. I loved Madonna and Bette Midler, and I had my karaoke machine and would sing their songs.

I'm a huge fan of James Dean, that got me started. Nowadays I smoke four packs in a day.

I'm a Rihanna, Beyonce kind of person.

I wanted to be Cher for a long time, but not for the singing. I just thought she was so cool. I wanted her long hair, and I wanted to weigh five pounds.

Ronaldinho - he was one of my idols.

If I could look like anyone, it would be Jamie Redknapp - even up close, he's amazing.

I want to be the next Gisele Bundchen . Everything she does, who she is, what she's done, she's just amazing.

Ricky Martin is one of my idols in the industry.

I know I'm not going to sing like Aretha Franklin or Elvis Presley or any of those people.

One of my first big shows, I opened up for Chris Brown; I was about 10 years old, and Chris Brown was just big; he still is one of my idols now.

So, from a very young age, my mom tells me that I wanted to be Michael J. Fox. I didn't want to be an actor. I just wanted to be Michael J. Fox for awhile. And then, I realized that he was an actor, so I pursued that.

I love Frank Sinatra. He is one of my biggest all-time idols.

Robert Wagner was my greatest crush.

Certainly early on, I kind of modeled myself after Steve Martin and Bill Murray. I would imitate them sometimes.

If I could transform my stage life to the movies, I'd be Jack Nicholson.