To my good friend Ken Hodgdon, fellow "Corporate America" survivor, and my self-described biggest fan.

The economist Milton Friedman, who is a self-described fan of Hong Kong, said the government's intervention was a "crazy idea."

Wilkes is a self-described fan of The Wire and does an impersonation of character Omar Little.

The two had met a few years previously during a benefit concern for a family clinic; Apatow was a self-described fan of her music.

Both Kitsis and Horowitz are self-described big fans of Big Love, and wrote the part of Snow White with Goodwin in mind.

Similar to fellow pro Roger Federer, Djokovic is a self-described fan of languages, speaking five himself: his native Serbian, English, German, Italian and French.

Hardt became a self-described fan of the sport and continued as the English announcer for PRIDE until its final event.

Viitala, a self-described "big fan" of Renner, said she was nervous at first, but found him "extremely" easy to approach, made a good connection, and enjoyed working with him.

Then they asked the self-described fans more probing questions - to name other teams in their hometown league, for instance, or the pitchers on an opposing team's roster.

Reich, a self-described "fan" of Copland's Piano Variations since college, began sending him manuscripts for his perusal in the late 1970s.