My heroes were all in the theatre.

Most of my heroes are just decent people. Decency is rare and underrated.

— Sherman Alexie

Growing up I used to ... one of my heroes growing up was President John F. Kennedy. And I actually have a memory box…

— Mike Pence

Those who share my heroes are, in the deepest sense, of my own kind.

— Rebecca Goldstein

I've tended to avoid meeting my heroes. They aren't necessarily the nicest people anyway. The exception was George Harrison, one of the loveliest men…

— Siobhan Fahey

I love Steve Carell and Will Ferrell - they're my heroes.

— Daniel Radcliffe

My hero among heroes is my grandmother, she's the epitome of strength and I try to mock that strength all the time. She's a…

— Aeriel Miranda

He won't be one of those girlishly pretty men with curly gold hair...He'll be dark, dangerous, too. Brave, certainly, but not without flaws. I…

— Nora Roberts

My heroes are all dead. I've lots of heroes. My mum is a hero. She had to put up with me and my dad.…

— Gavin Friday

My heroes used to be cowboys.

— David Foreman

One of my heroes is a composer named James Bernard, and oh my God... I can still listen to his music today and be…

— John Carpenter

It’s my failure to sound like my heroes that’s allowed me to sound like myself.

— John Mayer

Armando Iannucci is one of my heroes. As I was growing up, he was probably the most influential comic voice that I had.

— John Oliver

My heroes were never scientists. They were Graham Greene and Christopher Isherwood, you know, good writers.

— James D. Watson

My mother is my hero just because, what life becomes about is overcoming adversity, and I watched her overcome so many things in life…

— Rashad Evans

When I was a kid, I wanted to walk with my dad's limp - my dad was my hero - but that infuriated him,…

— David Alan Grier