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Since I came an adult - for more than 45 years - Marcus Aurelius has been my great idol.

— Helmut Schmidt

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

As a kid, my idols were Sam Raimi and Peter Jackson, and I get into crazy races with myself. Raimi was 21 when he made movies, and when I didn't get 'Cabin Fever' made that fast I thought I'd failed.

— Eli Roth

My father is my idol, and I have grown up watching his films. He is my biggest influence and inspiration. I have learnt a lot from him, and I am who I am because of him. I'm extremely grateful to him for that.

— Mahesh Babu

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.

— Meryl Streep

Leonardo DiCaprio I find very inspiring... He's my idol. I absolutely love Leonardo DiCaprio. Christian Bale, obviously, being a British actor and going from 'Empire of the Sun.' Now he's Batman.

— Will Poulter

My teacher, my great cello teacher Leonard Rose, was such a great cellist, and nurturing man, very patient. But I grew up not only admiring him, but obviously Casals, Rostrotovich, Jacqueline du Pre, and many others, including many of my peers and contemporaries.

— Yo-Yo Ma

I think I find new idols every day - someone that says something really inspiring, is successful, has character.

— Miranda Lambert

My role model, my idol, was Francois Truffaut.

— David Seltzer

✗Opposing Perspectives

I idolize Gene Hackman. He is not a natural star, not an incandescent personality like Jack Nicholson, but he makes luminous the problems of being an ordinary man in an extraordinary situation.

— Brian Dennehy

I idolize my father. I mean, he has worked so hard in his life.

— Chad Michael Murray

Franz Klammer was my great idol in my younger years.

— Hermann Maier