Wanted Quotes

I was a huge fan of comedy and movies and TV growing up, and I was able to memorize and mimic a lot of things, not realizing that that meant I probably wanted to be an actor. I just really, really amused myself and my friends with memorizing entire George Carlin or Steve Martin albums.

I think what my father appreciated was the science experiment of life. He had these kids, and they had their own experiences. He wanted us to discover the world for ourselves.

World Play is very '70s arena rock, very raw and in your face, and that's what we wanted. We recorded it in a very off-the-cuff manner and didn't really plan out how we were going to play. My solos are first takes.

The most interesting letters I received about 'The Name of the Rose' were from people in the Midwest that maybe didn't understand exactly, but wanted to understand more and who were excited by this picture of a world which was not their own.

All my life, all my life that I can, as far back as I can remember, I saw my first movie when I was six years old. And since then I wanted to do that. I wanted to be a part of that.

So when I told my parents I wanted to go into acting because I was flunking out of my first year of junior college, they were relieved that I had picked something other than joining the army. But I can't imagine how they had high hopes for me.

This will be my last contract. I wanted it to be a good one.

There will never be another Frank Sinatra. I never wanted to be another Frank Sinatra. I only wanted to be another Michael Buble.

It was a world that I wanted to record because it was such a miracle visitation to me.

Governor Isaac Stevens of the Washington Territory said there were a great many white people in our country, and many more would come; that he wanted the land marked out so that the Indians and the white man could be separated.

I wanted this to have as wide an audience as possible. I didn't want to get an X rating, because in my opinion once that happens you X-out everyone else.

Wanted: a needle swift enough to sew this poem into a blanket.

I thought I wanted to be a lawyer and was going through this growth phase.

Somehow, by just continually pestering the general public by appearing on television, they accepted me and wanted more.

I always wanted to entertain. When I was six, a scrawny, scrawny kid, I'd get in my red speedo and do muscle moves. I actually thought I was muscular. I didn't know everyone was laughing at me.

I wanted to learn everything I could about what it takes to be a great chef. It was a turning point for me.

Cinemas gained new young audiences who wanted films made for them.

I wanted to help women and their families.

NASA wanted to assure its ability to examine the spacecraft in orbit for signs of damage.

I wanted to put a sheet in explaining what all the songs are about, but they didn't do it.

I do like men and I had, you know, a guy in high school that I wanted to marry desperately. He's the mayor of some small town in Texas. I could be the mayor's wife right now.

When you shoot a musical, you're shooting to lipsynch tracks, so we had to figure out our choreography and work out what we wanted to do with each number before we did it.

We wanted to do a woman on a reality show because that's what's happening right now-it's part of our culture.

At one time I thought he wanted to be an actor. He had certain qualifications, including no money and a total lack of responsibility.

I wanted to be an outstanding player, that was my ambition.

I wanted to tell a story that interested me as much in the telling as in the watching.

I discovered at an early age that all I've ever wanted to do is design.

I wanted to be Gene Kelly. Well really, I just wanted to dance with Cyd Charisse.

All my friends started getting boyfriends, but I didn't want a boyfriend, I wanted a thirteen-colour biro.

I always wanted to fire rays out of my fingertips.