I’ve worked with a lot of ‘American Idols’ over there and I’ve worked with the ‘German Idol’ winner and had songs on ‘Australian Idol.’ It’s a place for songs. ‘The X Factor’ U.K. is the holy grail.
When I started to play in school, I didn’t have an idol as such, I didn’t really like football in my nursery days. I used to go three times a week due to my brother’s influence and also because our friends used to go as well.
It’s pretty cool to play against your idol.
I started singing about three years ago, I entered a local singing competition called Stratford Idol. The other people in the competition had been taking singing lessons and had vocal coaches. I wasn’t taking it too seriously at the time, I would just sing around the house. I was only 12 and I got second place.
I found my niche as a character actor, and I’ve never felt like a movie star or teen idol and never wanted to.
If my idol Mahatma Gandhi could fight to eradicate corruption at the age of 78, why can’t I try at 60?
Someone like Billie Jean King is completely my idol.
Even if you look at ‘American Idol,’ or ‘X-Factor,’ or ‘The Voice’ or anything, it was always difficult to see an Asian or an Asian-American make it to a certain point.
I am very grateful for the opportunities provided to me through appearing on ‘American Idol.’ The value that the fans and the show have given to my career is not lost on me. However, I have not felt that I have been free to conduct my career in a way that I am comfortable with.
Muhammad Ali was a god, an idol and an icon. He was boxing. Any kid that had the opportunity to talk to Ali, to get advice from Muhammad Ali, was privileged. He’s always given me time to ask questions, although I was so in awe that I didn’t ask questions.
It was actually really hard to get a record deal after ‘American Idol.’
I don’t feel like an idol to anybody. I don’t feel anybody should look up to me.
Britney Spears is one of my first idol.
My only idol is God, and I kick myself when I don’t pray regularly enough.
A champion owes everybody something. He can never pay back for all the help he got, for making him an idol.
It’s always been a dream to audition for ‘American Idol.’ But you have to be 15 or older.
Ryan Giggs is an idol – I don’t think there’s any other words for him. What he achieved at Manchester United, and what he achieved in football, is unparalleled.
The political hero is not like the sports champion or matinee idol or daring inventor; like the war hero, he is born only of tragedy.
I kind of look up to Lewis, not as a hero, but as a very good driver who is very fast. Everyone has to admire his pace, especially in qualifying. He is a driver I support, in terms of him being British, and I want him to win, but he isn’t an idol to me.
Obviously neither ‘American Idol’ nor ‘Dancing With the Stars’ is a variety show in the classic sense, but the way they incorporate elements of drama, comedy and suspense is moderately ingenious.
Our fans are made up of different groups of people: people who enjoy this Japanese idol scene, versus metal fans. The crowd is disorganised because everyone is reacting to the band in a different way.
I’ve known who I am as an artist for a long time; ‘Idol’ has shown me what I’m capable of. I know it’s all possible for me now. I can go in any direction I want. I’m forever grateful to them.
What made ‘American Idol’ different from ‘The Voice’ and all these other singing competitions… ‘American Idol’ just gave regular old normal people like me and like Trent a chance.
The best part appearing in ‘Jersey Girl’ was meeting my idol Jennifer Lopez.
I’m cute – and God I hate that. Because that’s not cool. I’m like your niece, and nobody wants to date their niece. It’s the chubby cheeks. The whole reason people voted for me on American Idol is because I’m an everyday, normal girl.
Phil Jackson is a role model, and basically a coaching idol of mine. He’s someone I really tried to model some of my coaching philosophies after.
The star system, the idol, the cult of personality is not the only way to be in entertainment.
People who have seen my movies don’t look at me like an idol. They just give me a lot of love and respect.
Perhaps the single most effective antagonist of American business is Ralph Nader, who – thanks largely to the media – has become a legend in his own time and an idol of millions of Americans.
I’ve never seen American Idol but I am grateful to them. That show is one of Fox’s biggest moneymakers, and some of that money goes to pay for shows like Prison Break. Simon Cowell’s been signing my paychecks and for that I say thanks.
When I was on ‘Idol’ and 17, everything was so new. Everyone is so nice and wants to see you succeed.
My idol was Jack Benny and he was the master of subtlety and timing.
In all honesty, I’m not able to talk about contracts. It’s nothing with ‘American Idol’ in particular, it’s just things I really need to take care of in my life.
I felt like I got more comfortable on ‘Idol’ when I just started being myself and not trying to be what I thought I had to be.
Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance.
Especially now, with ‘Glee,’ it’s allowed a lot of kids to love music and performing at a young age. All ages watched ‘American Idol,’ but I think it was nice to be able to show kids, ‘Hey, you can be here, too.’
‘American Idol’ opened up all the doors to where I am now.
I don’t watch ‘American Idol’ – that’d be like getting divorced from somebody and then hanging out with them.
I do watch ‘American Idol’ sometimes. It’s not really that pleasurable… I take that back. It is the epitome of a guilty pleasure. Sometimes there’s some good singers on that show.
Right after ‘Idol,’ I was like, ‘I’ve got to become a totally different person. I gotta upgrade myself.’ I can’t just stand there and be all shy and sing.
My father is my idol, so I always did everything like him. He used to work two jobs and still come home happy every night.
Mary Decker’s my idol.
I don’t watch ‘American Idol,’ but I wouldn’t call it ‘undignified.’
I got in the audition line called ‘Making the Band’ because I wanted to be in a band. If I didn’t, I would have done ‘American Idol.’
For Napoli’s fans, I went from an idol to a traitor; people did not love me anymore.
Even though I never really liked watching tennis too much when I was growing up, it is fair to say Kim Clijsters was my idol.
Ronaldinho is the biggest idol in football for me. I like him a lot.
Many movie stars or American Idol contestants sort of fall into theater… and say, ‘Oh, yeah, I would love to do theater.’ And then they get here and say, ‘Oh, wait a minute, this actually is a craft!’ It’s not just show up one day and do it. It’s show up eight times a week, twice on Wednesdays and twice on Saturdays.
I am Sobralia’s biggest idol now; people love and support me a lot there. There are always some people to criticize you, but that’s okay – 99.9 percent of the people there support me.
Well, regarding actors, my idol is Catherine Deneuve, but not in relation to my work, I’m just a fan. As far as genres, I’ve been reading a lot of science fiction, and I would love to make a fantastic film.
My idol is Bea Arthur. I really tried to follow her example. She is one of my comedy ‘she-roes.’
I got to act with my childhood film idol, Robert Redford, and that’s a gift in itself.
To be honest, if it wasn’t for my daughter, I don’t think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before ‘Idol’ because I am a domestic violence survivor.
My idol growing up was Charlie Chaplin. I was obsessed with him. I mean, while other kids were watching Jim Carrey and the likes in the ’90s, I was watching Charlie Chaplin films, because I was a bit of a geek. I became obsessed with this idea of physical comedy.
Don’t go on American Idol, I think you’ll spend the rest of your life living it down and I think it’s getting kinda scary, isn’t it?
I love the live performances and Las Vegas. I also like making films that are being discovered by another generation. Having been a teen idol of the ’60s is great because you realize you left your generation with a smile and good memories.
And my dad wanted me to play the trumpet because that’s what he liked. His idol was Louis Armstrong. My dad thought my teeth came together in a way that was perfect for playing the trumpet.
I admire Romario a lot, he was my idol together with Ronaldo, but I do not have anything to prove to anyone. What I have to do is play football.
I’ve been wanting to sing for a long time. I’ve been singing all my life, and I’ve tried different record companies, but it seemed like – it was such a struggle and so hard to get out there. So, I said, ‘I’m gonna go on American Idol and see how far it takes me.’
Timberlake was once a boy-band idol with mismatched baggy attire and the curly, frosted locks of a Cabbage Patch Kid doll. His early fashion missteps included a full denim costume complete with rhinestones and a cowboy hat, and for a time, his hair was twisted in cornrows.
