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You don't have to know people personally for them to be role models. Some of my most important role models were historical or literary figures that I only read about - never actually met.

My version of a good role model is everything that I have strived to become over the years, as I have a deep desire to live an honest life and give relentlessly and openly to people who look up to me.

I don't think it is important to be a role model, because if you are a role model, you are pretending to be someone else.

When I was young, I was looking for people to look up to - role models I could respect.

I think a role model is a mentor - someone you see on a daily basis, and you learn from them.

Everybody should have their own thing, and if he don't want to be a role model, that should be up to him. In the right situations, I can try to help and be a role model, but I'm still gonna speak my mind, and if that affects the role-model deal, then too bad.

Role models really matter. It's hard to imagine yourself as something you don't see.

I never really thought about being a role model. I started really young, so at 10 years old, I was still very much the person who needed role models. I wasn't really prepared to be one, but it's always something that I've taken very seriously.

If you are given a chance to be a role model, I think you should always take it because you can influence a person's life in a positive light, and that's what I want to do. That's what it's all about.

Making me into a role model is placing too much importance on what I see as a work in progress.