What We Wanted Quotes

I've always wanted to produce. I've had my production company name for years, even though I didn't really do anything with it right away.

I think [Albert Camus] wanted to write something to explain who he was, and how he was different from the age that had been conferred upon him.

I really wanted our male characters to be a lot stronger. We gave them careers, lives.

I remember growing up knowing I wanted to be on the stage. I wanted to get to London as soon as possible and start auditioning for theater.

I've always wanted to hunt another human being for sport, even though I know his fear will taint the taste of the meat.

Motherhood to me is something that I always wanted, but never quite knew how it was going to happen.

I didn't even think about movies where I came from. I wanted to be on the stage.

I really became convinced I wanted to tell the story of the real-life model for the Degas sculpture 'Little Dancer Aged 14,' which was unveiled in 1881, the Belle Epoque.

The truth is, ever since I was little, I've wanted to be an actor more than I ever wanted to be a movie star.

I wanted to prevent people from giving them too much power. I see that as a pattern. I wanted that to come to an end as soon as possible.

That was other thing i hated about kids; they always said th exact things that deep dpwn you already knew, would never admit, and most certainly never wanted to hear.

But she'd wanted him there and there he was. A lamb ready for slaughter.

I just always considered myself to be different and able to explore whatever I wanted.

I was a college football fanatic, and I wanted to play, not sit on the sidelines. It's tough when you know you're just a project.

I wanted to write about the Korean War, but I had no entry into it that made the kind of sense it needs to make for a novelist.

I wanted to be able to tell my grandkids one day, "Hey, your grandpa ran into a burning building and survived."

I suppose all along all I ever really wanted to do was paint people. That never changed.

I wanted to be a doctor, but my mom was like "It's really hard and it's going to take 10 years, so I was like "OK, I'll just be a lawyer."

I wasn't willing to be a victim. I only wanted to survive, and I only wanted to get through.

I really, really wanted to lose awareness of the here and now. The best way for me to do that was bury myself in a book.

This was an unpleasant trend. I didn’t want a lot of guys popping in and out of my bedroom. I wanted one who would stay.

I never wanted to have a profession, and I've succeeded in not having one, or if I did have one it never paid, or it's never been especially long-term.

…He was always high on drugs. I was not a drug man, but in case I wanted to hide from myself for a few days, I knew I could get anything I wanted from him.

I've always wanted to do something where I aged a lot, went from young girl to dowager.

The man that created the theory of evolution by natural selection was thrown out by his Dad because he wanted him to be a doctor. GAWD, parents haven't changed much.

All my life I've wanted to be the kid who gets to cross over into the magical kingdom.

"You see," said Mr. Toots, "what I wanted in a wife was - in short, was sense. Money, Feeder, I had. Sense I - I had not, particularly."

My parents encouraged me in everything I ever wanted to do.

Nobody gave me what I wanted for my birthday! Nobody! What sort of presents do you call these? New shoes, a green sweater and a bunch of stupid toys!" "What were you expecting?" "Real estate!

If I wanted to be in movies, I'd have gone into scriptwriting: the fact that I write novels should be a big hint about what I prefer to do!

I was sometimes jeered by black soldiers who wanted me to sing something besides country music.

A lot of celebrities relish politics and are eager to lend their names to candidates and causes. I never wanted to be a spokesman for anybody.

Often the ideas in the show start out as ideas that make you laugh - outrageous "what if" ideas. I wanted an outlet for doing those.

I didn’t know that it was going to launch a quote-unquote comedic career. I just wanted to do anything other than wait tables.

I was a theater guy growing up and I wanted to be Al Pacino, and I think I just looked and sounded too funny.

I wanted to deal with someone's idea of their relationship.

The person I've always wanted to interview but never met was Richard Burton.

I wanted to play music. I didn't think about where it would go or what it would do.

I wasnt using college as a stepping stone to law school or some other career. I just wanted a liberal-arts education.

I both wished and feared to see Mr. Rochester on the day which followed this sleepless night. I wanted to hear his voice again, yet feared to meet his eye.

I had always wanted to expand to beauty, but I knew I wanted to be able to translate my design aesthetic in an authentic way.

There was a point - when I was a kid - where I said I wanted to be like Luke Skywalker, with blond hair and blue eyes. My mom right there told me to never be ashamed of who I am.

I liked museums but I wanted to be a dancer, I wanted to go into performing arts, or be a writer.

I wanted each different Chelsea to be able to navigate her own world without having to also speak to a larger narrative.

If I wanted to be a pop singer, I would have done that 20 years ago. I love country music.

Credibility is to be good. You must be good. That's all I ever wanted - to be good at what I did.

I just wanted my daughter to grow up, get married, have children and get divorced like everyone else.

All I ever wanted was to perform, make music, make videos.

The universe, I'd learned, was never, ever kidding. It would take whatever it wanted and it would never give it back.

Obviously memoir is subjective truth: It is my memory, my perspective, that's the beauty. But I still wanted to be as factual as I could.