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I've done stuff in the past and followed in the footsteps of my heroes, and each time, it felt a little bit surreal.

— T. J. Perkins

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I've actually met quite a few of my heroes from the past.

— Mick Foley

I've never really played everyday people. I've played realist roles, but not mere daily life. There was always something incredible happening to my characters.

— Sandrine Bonnaire

I felt like an extraordinary hero. I was only five or six and I had the whole of life in my hands. Even if I had been driving the carriage of the sun I could not have felt any better.

— Dario Fo

I went from years of honing my craft to sudden recognition. It was quite a life changer.

— Kathy Bates

I think I can see more clearly now - about how the pattern of past experiences has shaped who I am and the characters I have played - and I'm grateful for that.

— Kate Winslet

So much of what I do has been based off of my heroes and guys I've watched come up.

— T. J. Perkins

My life's been surreal from start to finish.

— Lee Pearson

My heroes are people like Picasso and Miro and people who at last really reach something in their old age, which they absolutely couldn't ever have done in their youth.

— Robert Wyatt

There are a lot of people who can be classified as heroes and do great things and inspire me.

— J. R. Martinez

✗Opposing Perspectives

I was sort of on a mission with 'American Splendor.' I wanted to try to prove that comics could do things. I wanted to expand them beyond superheroes and talking animals. And I knew that was going to take a long time. But I just started writing an autobiography about my quotidian life.

— Harvey Pekar