I've always written about heroes and wondered who they are.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I admire many people, but I am not sure that I have any 'heroes.'
Heroes are those who can somehow resist the power of the situation and act out of noble motives, or behave in ways that do not demean others when they easily can.
I've actually met quite a few of my heroes from the past.
I think there are only two kinds of heroes: the flamboyant ones and the angry-yet-silent types. Every character on TV falls into either category.
There are a lot of people who can be classified as heroes and do great things and inspire me.
I think heroes are the people that go into houses when they're on fire and save people in hospitals.
I've probably got lots of heroes. One is a chap called Charles Campbell - he is a wonderful chap. We cooked together in a nightclub in Notting Hill. He told me brilliant stories of food and life and generally put me on the right track.
Heroes, whatever high ideas we may have of them, are mortal and not divine. We are all as God made us and many of us much worse.
You know, heroes are ordinary people that have achieved extraordinary things in life.
I was never able to write seriously about heroes because I was very aware that I was not one and that in my background there was not this heroic thing.