who is your celebrity hero? and why??

cause people were always saying like yeah Bruce Lee!! but im all like why??

what has he really done for you? was he the one that raised you that helped you on your 

technics?? like i would admire so peoples work on the movie screen but thats about it... 

so why??? idk i just wanna know why people look up to celebrity's and why??   

I agree with you Sarge.  I like to watch movies and TV and their are certain actors that I like more then others but it's not like I strive to be them.  

Yeah, celebrities....everyone and their mother is a celebrity these days!

I look up to Chuck Norris because Chuck Norris does not read books- he stares them down until he gets the information he wants!

Seriously, I really only admire the famous martial arts people for their abilities and I don't really consider any of them role models.

Saying that, though- I want to be just like Jean Claude Van Damme when I grow up!

I have numerous heroes, both celebrity and non celebrity.  Heroes are not always the very best of roll models, but generally embody something that inspires others. 

Elvis Presley has long been a hero of mine.  He was a fine musician, a man who went from rags to riches and had a generous spirit.  He was known to be a very good martial artist and he had a genuine love of the martial arts.  He also disliked that some of his fellow martial artists used his name as a promotion tool.  One individual invited him to a demonstration and Presley was thrilled until he got there and saw a huge banner reading, 'appearing live, Elvis Presley', at which point refused to go on stage and may have left.  He was an eighth degree blackbelt, though he was skipped ahead from fourth to sixth.  Still, all who knew him in karate said that he was the genuine article.  Not a Bruce Lee or a Chuck Noris, but a very competent fighter.

On the other hand, Presley's personal life was riddled with poor choices and heeding of less than healthy advice from others.  He struggled his fame to a great degree and developed a dependency on prescription drugs that contributed to his early death.  Many people remember him as an obese caricature.

But he touched so many people in positive ways.  He opened the doors for black musicians simply by being the white guy to get up and sing R&B, gospel and blues without making the music white.  He opened the door for the British blues rock bands that came later.  In that respect, he really was the king.

I will remember him fondly, as his music has been a part of my life for four decades now.  I still remember seeing him televised, live via satelite in 1973.  I was just a six year old kid, but it was a show I'll never forget.

In the end, he was just a regular guy underneath it all, with problems and faults, just like the rest of us, only these were magnified by his unheard fame.

Just my thoughts.

Daniel