I didn't have a role model. My role model was Michael Jordan. Bad role model for an Indian dude... I didn't have anyone who looked like me. And by the time I was old enough to have what could have been a role model, they were my peers. Aziz Ansari is my peer. Kal Penn is my peer.
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I always try to do my best to inspire people to be go... KYLIE JENNER I believe one's responsibility as a role model begins and ends with their perception of what a g... DOVE CAMERON I don't have any specific role model. I admire anyone who is strong, confident, intelligent. RITA MERO Everybody should have their own thing, and if he don't want to be a role model, that should be up to... TOBY KEITH Young people, for whom I should have been a role model and an uncle, duplicated my worst habits and ... PETER COYOTE Every one should try to be good role model . As a role model they have special burden to perform wel... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA I can't be a role model. I just can't be. LARRY DRAKE For me, my number one Hollywood role model is Jennifer Lopez. BECKY G I'm not a role model. I'm a role villain. MARILYN MANSON As a parent, I have a job as a role model to my children, and by extension, to other young people. 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MICKEY MANTLE I always liked No. 10 because I loved Zidane. He was my role model. I always wanted to play like him... EDEN HAZARD I'm happy people look at me as a role model. LARA STONE I've kind of patterned my game after Derek Jeter. He's my role model in this game and has been since... NICK DELGUIDICE I have five young children, and I take being a role model very seriously. ALBERT PUJOLS I'm proud to say I'm a role model for kids. SHAWN MENDES I am not a role model. CHARLES BARKLEY My mother and stepfather were married 43 years, so I have watched a long marriage. I feel like I had... JAMIE LEE CURTIS I have a responsibility as a potential role model that I take very seriously. SAMIRA WILEY My dad was my best friend and greatest role model. He was an amazing dad, coach, mentor, soldier, hu... TIGER WOODS I'm aware of the decisions I make and the responsibility I have as a role model. I wouldn't ... NAOMI SCOTT I always wanted to become a good role model for kids as a professional football player. Unfortunatel... BILL GOLDBERG Everybody should be able to enjoy their life, because you only live once. So I just want to get it a... ASAP ROCKY I'm not trying to be a role model to kids, because I don't have any children, but I do think... CHELSEA HANDLER There's no way to eliminate the memories of the fantastic performance of Kenyon Martin. He is a role... BOB GOIN Being that I was raised in the Catholic faith, I am very careful about what I choose. I've turne... SIOBHAN FALLON HOGAN Dr. King stood for nonviolence and not judging people by their skin and he was someone I looked up t... BARRY PURVIS So far, so good ... my role as president today is to meet and greet and serve as a role model for th... BRANDON WALLACE Female success stories from sporting events like the Olympic Games have played a role in shifting th... RICHARD ATTIAS I feel like I'm a very good role model for women. BLU CANTRELL My version of a good role model is everything that I have strived to become over the years, as I hav... DOVE CAMERON I think my friends are impressed that I win awards for sports at 89. They say, 'Oh, you're a role mo... JEAN BRUNNENKANT I don't want to be perfect, but I do want to be a role model. My mom always tells me that imperf... MILEY CYRUS I would love to be a role model. GABBY DOUGLAS First there's my role just as an executive being responsible for advertising, regardless of gend... SUSAN WOJCICKI One result of An American Family was that I became a gay role model. LANCE LOUD She's been a role model for an office full of women. DEANINE DOLPHIN Sportsmen just do what they do. I'm not trying to be a role model. If there's any inspiratio... ANTHONY JOSHUA I think she is a very important teacher for all three of the girls as far as a female role model and... HANK OGILBY When you speak of role models, when we talk to our kids, everybody is a role model, everyone, just a... WALTER PAYTON I'm not a role model... Just because I dunk a basketball doesn't mean I should raise your ki... CHARLES BARKLEY But I don't really see myself as a role model. I'm not a dictator, or someone who wants to b... ISABELLA ROSSELLINI A role model is a person whose behaviour, example, or success is or can be emulated by others, espec... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Be a role model for your children. If you don't manage your child's behaviour when he is young, he w... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Think big ,have courage to forgive. believe big, have accommodative attitude, act big, have a role m... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA If you want to be a good role model identify your values and aspects of your personality that you wo... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA I think, for me, I've realized the responsibility of being a role model for young kids everywher... TOM HOLLAND I don't seek validation outside, not even with the audience. Today they like me, but tomorrow th... KANGANA RANAUT I don't want to play these games of statistics any more; I have done that. I don't want to b... ARUNDHATI ROY I have always aspired to be the type of role model who can bridge the deaf and hearing communities. NYLE DIMARCO I never thought a role model should be negative. MICHAEL JORDAN I think everyone needs to be a role model, period. BARRY BONDS It's great to be somewhat of a role model. I want to be a positive and good role model and lead ... RICKIE FOWLER I'm no role model. CHARLES BARKLEY My father was the role model I looked up to. My dad was an entertainer, too. I patterned my life aft... TRACY MORGAN I am a role model, definitely and I definitely support women. BLU CANTRELL He was a role model and mentor to me, ... Mr. Swafford will be missed. BART GORDON I have been truly blessed to, first, do what I love for a living. And, then, to have the opportunity... ALLISON FEASTER When I signed up for the show, my ultimate goal was being a role model for 13 million readers, but t... JULIE LELAND I did it just because my friend asked me to, ... There was a real lack of black male role-model-type... ORSON SCOTT CARD I was a model for eight years. That's the deal: People look. But I didn't like being looked ... BEAU GARRETT To be honest, I don't think I'm the best role model in the world. I'm pretty immature so... LOUIS TOMLINSON My father who was there in the house, he wasn't at all a role model. And my mother, who was tryi... TYLER PERRY I'm a gypsy: no education, no schooling, nothing. I don't care what people think of me. I do... TYSON FURY I'm not a role model. I say parents should parent and monitor their kids. YUL VAZQUEZ Alex P. Keaton is his role model. ANDREA CARUSO In terms of being a role model, I didn't start out to be one. I don't go to work every day w... VICTORIA PRATT You couldn't ask for a better role model. GREGG TROY I've been told I'm a role model to many women, DONALD TRUMP I think kids should have a mentor and a role model, but that they shouldn't take one person'... SEAN PAUL It is particularly special to be honored along with my father, as he has always been my role model, ... JOE CANNON First of all, I try to be a positive role model. CAITLYN JENNER I'm the one person who wears the words 'hustle, loyalty, respect' on my T-shirts and mer... JOHN CENA My favorite role is mommy. I know that sounds cheesy to people who don't have kids, or there are... VANESSA LACHEY It feels good being a role model for these kids, being able to help them and have the impact that I ... CREIGHTON BOYD I think the best thing about being James Brown is looking at my little son. Hopefully I can make my ... JAMES BROWN When I was an undergraduate 30 years ago, the only role model was to become an academic like the peo... MICHAEL KELLY Being a role model is about being true to myself. IDINA MENZEL you can actually become a role model for women. JENNA JAMESON My father... very generous, very philanthropic, very charitable man. My siblings and I and my mother... STEVE TISCH
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