Proust is a hero of mine. I read 'A la recherche' in one go, and I'm a very slow reader. It had an astonishing impact, reading it on my... →
Edward St Aubyn
No hero is mortal till he dies.
W. H. Auden
Mugabe's become a disgrace to Africa. And I must say this because I am an African and a lot of us looked up to him back in the 1980s when he was... →
George Ayittey
My ultimate is Peter Sellers - his ability to go broad and somehow humanize that and be hilarious at the same time. He was just relatable, real at... →
Hank Azaria
Clint Eastwood has always been a hero.
Kevin Bacon
I've been involved in one or two successes in classical plays but nothing to touch the excitement and the glamour and the gratification of being... →
Tom Baker
When you're little, your father is your hero. Mine was. Then it all becomes more complicated.
Clare Balding
My dad's the one who's always been there; he's my hero, you could say. Even when he was working, he'd do anything for me. He's... →
Gareth Bale
I play Rock Band, which is Guitar Hero times ten. You can play with four people, so when you have parties, you have a real band. Nobody ever wants to... →
Elizabeth Banks
You have to do bad things in order to become a hero. You have to make sacrifices.
John Barrowman