Andrei Konchalovsky, who directed the film, said that he was not at all intimidated by the original, despite his admiration for it.

Despite his admiration for most of the administration's actions, he finds its personality and style ultimately off-putting and alien.

Despite her admiration for beauty queens as a child, Beltrán never expected to take part in the pageant world.

Despite their mutual admiration the musicians had previously only performed a total of three hours together over fifteen years.

Yet, despite her admiration for the gender-flouting novelist George Sand, she was ambivalent about feminism.

Despite Percy's great admiration for the book, the road to publication was still difficult.

Yet despite his admiration for Quigley, the author goes right on theorizing as though nothing had happened.

Despite Sullivan's great admiration for Ducky, he does not draw her as a woman bothered by those issues.

"I haven't had time to read it yet," Maier said, sounding resistant despite his admiration for Armstrong.

"And despite your admiration for direct questions, you have not answered mine."