Doing things Quote by Tom Brokaw

I loved David Lean, he had a huge influence on me when I was going to film school.

— Kathleen Kennedy

When I was starting, I was very much influenced by the straight up, eyes to camera style of August Sander. He is really the…

— Derek Ridgers

My father, obviously, and my mother were inspirations. My uncle, Frank Harper, he was an absolute mentor for me.

— Hill Harper

I remember working on movies like Gettysburg and feeling that Jeff Daniels was kind of a mentor.

— Donal Logue

Bill Burr, Freddy Soto, Joe Rogan, Tom Segura... those people influenced me a lot more than any of the older guys like Richard Pryor.

— Ari Shaffir

Paul Scholes was the main figure for me growing up. His attitude, he's humble off the pitch - you didn't hear much about him…

— Jesse Lingard

Alan Rickman, who was mentored me a lot. He was very keen to offer his opinions on stuff. Not in a pretentious way. Not…

— Matthew Lewis

I was influenced by the Beats because I actually just began to commit adolescence around 1955, when "Howl" and Rebel Without a Cause and…

— Billy Collins

Dave Bassett was a key influence on me, the way he treated and talked to people. Wimbledon and Sheffield United were quite direct sides…

— Chris Wilder

I worked with Lawrence Olivier some years ago. He was a great mentor.

— Anthony Hopkins

[Payne] was a really great experience, and both John [ Larroquette] and JoBeth [Williams] over the years, it's been great reconnecting with them and…

— Julie Benz

Jamie Foley - he's a very different energy to [director] Sam [Taylor-Johnson]. The whole experience was actually quite different.

— Jamie Dornan