“I want to use things I learn about writing in my acting, and vice versa.” WantWritingUseActingVicesVice Versa Author:Katie Chang
“I was always a closet lover of acting. My mom was very practical. She never, ever restricted our dreams, always told us we could do or be anything. Then I said, 'Maybe I want to be an actor.' And she said, 'Maybe not that.'” WantSaidDreamActorsActingMomLoversMy MomPracticalsClosetsOur Dreams Author:Octavia Spencer
“That's what I love about acting. There's never a set role. You can be a firefighter, you can be a baseball player, you can be whatever you want in the acting world. I think I've found my calling.” ThinkingWorldWantFoundActingRolesPlayerCallingBaseballBaseball PlayerFirefighter Author:Ryan Guzman
“Tesla Motors was created to accelerate the advent of sustainable transport. If we clear a path to the creation of compelling electric vehicles, but then lay intellectual property landmines behind us to inhibit others, we are acting in a manner contrary to that goal. Tesla will not initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who, in good faith, wants to use our technology.” IfsWantUseGoalActingBehindsTechnologyPathClearCreationIntellectualLaysPropertyContraryVehicleElectricCompellingMotorTransportPatentsAdventInitiateAccelerateIntellectual PropertyLawsuitGood FaithTeslaLandminesElectric Vehicles Author:Elon Musk
“The weird thing about serious acting is I've always done impressions of people, all my life, and I did the thing called a balloon debate. The idea is there's a hot air balloon traveling across the Atlantic and it's going down and you have to give a speech as to why you should stay in the balloon. Six people are going to be chucked out and you want to stay.” PeopleWantGivingShouldIdeasDoneActingAirSeriousSpeechSixHotDown AndDebateImpressionBalloonsWeird ThingsHot AirAir BalloonsHot Air Balloons Author:Tom Hiddleston
“I have always considered myself a fast learner. I try to retain and absorb as much information and knowledge about the [music] business as I can. I don't want to just sit back and have other people do the hard work for me. I try to be involved in every process of my career as possible. I run my own social media, record, and try to vocal produce myself as much as possible, write my own songs, style myself, and learn the business side. If I didn't do acting or music, I was going to school for business. God has put me on this path and I can honestly say I wake up every day doing what I love.” PeopleIfsWantWritingTryingI CanHardRunningSchoolSongSocialProcessSidesMy OwnActingCareersPathRecordsMediaStyleInformationProduceHard WorkInvolvedWake UpSocial MediaHonestlyVocalMusic BusinessLearners Author:Asher Monroe
“I dream about speaking in big forums about issues that need to be spoken about. I dream about helping others who I know and love, helping them realize their dreams. I dream about being able to express myself through acting and writing, definitely. I dream about bringing more realism into the world. Sometimes I just feel like certain things are so glossed over and covered up and swept under the rug and I just want to bring them out.” KnowsWorldWantNeedsFeelsWritingSometimesHelpingDreamBigsAbleCertainRealizingActingIssuesAnd LoveHelping OthersCoveredRealismForumsCovered Up Author:Alicia Keys
“All three parts of filmmaking [writing, shooting, editing] contribute to rhytm. You want the script to be a tight as possible, you want the acting to be as efficient as possible on the set, and you have enough coverage to manipulate the rhythm in the editing room, and then in the editing room you want to find the quickest possible version, even if it's a leisurely paced film. I definitely in filmmaking more and more find writing and directing a means to harvest material for editing. It's all about editing.” IfsWantWritingMeanEnoughFilmThreeRoomsActingMaterialsScriptsVersionsRhythmShootingEfficientFilmmakingEditingHarvestManipulateCoverage Author:Alexander Payne
“I want to go to college, and I want to keep acting and singing.” WantActingCollegeSinging Author:Miranda Cosgrove
“I want to be able to make people laugh and cry and feel happy or sad and feel all these different emotions through singing and acting. Hopefully throughout my career, I'll get to pursue them.” PeopleWantFeelsDifferentAbleActingEmotionCareersLaughingCrySingingIllPursueHopefullyMaking People LaughDifferent EmotionsSinging And Acting Author:Olivia Holt
“In professional wrestling, I think that they want you to be bigger than life. It's almost like an over-acting type thing - whereas on the big screen, you're 35 feet and they've got a close-up of you to put it on the screen in the movie house. At 35 feet, it's more subtlety than the overboard drama that we do in pro wrestling.” ThinkingWantBigsHouseActingFeetTypeDramaBiggerScreensWrestlingSubtletyOverboardBig ScreenPro WrestlingBigger Than LifeProfessional Wrestling Author:Kevin Nash
“Creating the opportunities for other people and solid projects, things that I like, for sure, definitely. Acting I'll do forever, but I want to produce as well.” PeopleWantWellsOpportunityActingForeverProduceProjectsCreating Author:Michael B. Jordan
“The most important thing to having a long career, as an actor, is diversity and being able to play different types of characters in different types of movies. I want to keep acting, all my life. In order to do that, I think it is important to go and do the bigger tentpole box office movies, and then also do more character roles.” ThinkingWantLongImportantDifferentPlayCharacterAbleOrderActorsActingCareersRolesTypeOfficeDiversityBiggerImportant ThingsBoxesBox OfficeLong Careers Author:Josh Hutcherson
“Violence within the context of policing has a sense of control and power to it, whether it is dominance, getting what you want, or acting out of emotion. At the same time, it is not ultimately satisfying and [you are] trapped in the cycle.” WantActingEmotionViolenceWhat You WantCyclesSatisfyingTrappedDominanceActing OutGetting What You Want Author:Keanu Reeves
“I do not want actors and actresses to understand my plays. That is not necessary. If they will only pronounce the correct sounds I can guarantee the results.” IfsWantI CanPlayActorsSoundResultsActingActressesGuaranteesActors And Actresses Author:George Bernard Shaw
“Ibsen is like this room where we are sitting, with all the tables and chairs. Do I care whether you have twenty or twenty-five links on your chain? Hedda Gabler, Nora and the rest: it is not that I want! I want Rome and the Coliseum, the Acropolis, Athens; I want beauty, and the flame of life.” WantCareActorsRoomsActingBeautyFiveSittingTwentiesTablesChainsFlamesChairsLinksRomeI CareTwenty FiveBeauty Of LifeAthensIbsenColiseumAcropolisTables And Chairs Author:Eleanora Duse
“The first reform must be the attitude. The ministers of the Gospel must be people who can warm the hearts of the people, who walk through the dark night with them, who know how to dialogue and to descend themselves into their people's night, into the darkness, but without getting lost. The people of God want pastors, not clergy acting like bureaucrats or government officials.” PeopleKnowsWantFirstsHeartGovernmentNightReligionLostCommunityLeadershipChurchDarkWalksActingAttitudeDarknessKnow HowHuman NatureWarmSeparationDialogueIdeologyReformMinistersOfficialsPastorChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateBureaucratsClergyDark NightGetting LostGovernment Officials Author:Pope Francis
“Sponsors obviously care more about a ninety-second commercial and want to pay you more than any guest star gets for a ninety-minute acting performance.” WantCareStarsPayActingMinutesPerformancesGuestsNinetySponsorsGuest Stars Author:Barbara Stanwyck
“Acting is a difficult profession, it really is. It's different than singing. With singing you may have one song and four people to record it - but they'll all do it differently and they'll all have that option. Whereas with actors there might be one part, and five hundred actors all want the same role - it's so much more competitive. It's an incredibly painful profession because you get so much rejection.” PeopleWantMayDifferentMightSongActorsDifficultActingRolesRecordsFiveFourSingingHundredPainfulProfessionRejection Author:Olivia Newton-John
“Be sure that the reason you are in the business is not to be a star, but because you love the craft of acting. If you have a real passion for it and acting is what you want to do every day, you are much more likely to be successful. If being a star is your primary goal, you may end up being very disappointed.” IfsWantMayRealEndsReasonPassionStarsGoalActingSuccessfulWhat You WantCraftsPrimariesBeing SuccessfulDisappointed Author:Donna Mills
“My life is about politics, a lot of about music, and a lot about things other than acting. I like traveling the world. But, what makes me want to stay in this business and keep doing this are movies when it's a true labor of love.” WorldWantLife IsActingLaborLabor Of Love Author:Olivia Wilde
“I think I'm a better director than I ever was an actor. I'd love to go back to acting, but nobody seems to want me.” ThinkingWantSeemsActorsActingDirectorsWant Me Author:Jonathan Frakes
“That's one of the challenges of acting. You can't expect that you're going to be successful, but you've got to put your heart and everything you have into it. Look at a guy like Ian McKellen, who is eighty or whatever, and he's just loving his work and you can see that in the work. That defines what type of actor you are. And what kind of people want to work with you. And whether you can do this job for a long, long time.” PeopleWantLooksHeartKindLongJobsGuyActorsCan DoChallengesActingSuccessfulTypeLong TimeBeing SuccessfulEighty Author:Jason Clarke
“I want to keep acting and I want to keep working with high quality artists. I might be a bit spoiled because they're so good at what they do. I think the only way you learn is to surround yourself with people that are better than you.” PeopleThinkingWayWantMightArtistBitsActingQualitySurroundSpoiledBetter Than YouSurround YourselfHigh QualitySurround Yourself With People Author:Mickey Sumner
“I don't ever want an acting to be a job. I want this to be an outlet for my creativity, and something I just simply enjoy doing. I don't ever want it to become something too serious.” WantJobsEnjoyActingCreativitySeriousOutlets Author:Liana Liberato
“To be supportive of myself, I have to go with what I want to do. I started acting and I was so mesmerized.” WantActingSupportiveMesmerized Author:Agyness Deyn
“I want to stay with dancing, because that's what I want to do the rest of my life. I want to be in film and be acting and maybe even modeling a little bit.” WantLittlesFilmBitsActingLittle BitDancingModeling Author:Maddie Ziegler
“I love to act, I love to sing and I love to entertain, so if I am passionate about a certain project and I want to do it, I hope to stretch my acting skills.” IfsWantCertainActingSkillsProjectsPassionate Author:Julianne Hough
“We don't want bores in the theatre. We don't want standardised acting, standard actors with standard-shaped legs. Acting needs everybody, cripples, dwarfs and people with noses so long. Give us something that is different.” PeopleWantNeedsGivingLongDifferentActorsActingStandardsTheaterLegsTheatreNosesBoresDwarfsCripples Author:Sybil Thorndike
“I never considered acting while growing up. I just knew I didn't want to go into the saloon business: I wanted to get away from Kenosha. And once I left, never, ever did it cross my mind to go back. I went to college and thought I'd study law.” WantMindWantedLawLeftActingGrowing UpStudyGrowingCollegeCrossesGet AwaySaloons Author:Don Ameche
“I really love acting, but I also really want to be a historian, so its really confusing.” WantActingHistorianConfusing Author:Yara
“If you're not filled back up quickly, you might collapse like a birthday balloon". I guess that's why acting is so addictive. For the director, that addiction will come from the love and trust he gets from the "orchestra", him being the conductor. That's why many directors fall in love with their leading lady/man: having someone say "how do you want me to be" is incredible.” IfsMenWantMightFallActingDirectorsFilledFalling In LoveAddictionIncrediblesWant MeCollapseOrchestraYou Want MeBalloonsConductorLove And TrustDo You Want MeLeading LadiesLadies Man Author:Matthew Jacobs
“When you hit your strive, and you feel confident in what you're doing and in your process, you really want to do more and try lots of different things. I've also really worked on my breathing, which is a funny thing to talk about, if you're not an actor. I think breathing is actually the key to a lot of opening up of other parts of yourself that you haven't used, for any job, but particularly in acting.” IfsThinkingWantFeelsTryingDifferentJobsUsedActorsProcessActingHavensKeysStriveOpeningBreathingDifferent ThingsFunny ThingsOpening Up Author:Sigourney Weaver
“My experience of singing, as an actor, was that there's a different creative feeling of freedom. The acting thing is a bit more defined and cerebral. I can see why people would want to cross over. If you have so much freedom on stage then perhaps you want to be confined a bit, and vice versa.” PeopleIfsWantI CanDifferentFeelingsActorsBitsActingCreativeStageSingingCrossesVicesDefinedConfinedVice VersaCerebral Author:Orlando Bloom
“Acting is primarily is where I want to go. But seeing how the visual effects guys work, and the special effects guys and the art department guys, how they work and seeing their visions is really interesting. I don't think those guys get the recognition they deserve.” ThinkingWantArtGuyInterestingActingVisionSeeingSpecialEffectsDeserveRecognitionVisualsDepartmentReally InterestingSpecial EffectsVisual Effects Author:James Phelps
“Just keep acting is my plan, I just want to keep going for as long as I can. I've had a fantastic time on Potter, I will be very sad to leave it because every time I look back on one of these films, every scene I watch will be forever linked to a memory of what happened that day or something that was happening around that time in my life.” WantLooksLongI CanFilmMemoriesActingWatchesForeverPlansHappenedSceneHappeningsFantasticKeep GoingLinkedPottersVery Sad Author:Daniel Radcliffe
“I'm an actor who loves to direct film, if I find something that I'm compelled to do and want to spend three or four years doing. I really love the process, though. I might have to just say, "Yeah, I want to direct that," because I want to direct something, but that's just not the way my being is. It's got to be a necessity for me, otherwise I'll just keep acting.” IfsWayWantYearsMightFilmThreeActorsProcessActingFourDirectYeahFour YearsCompelled Author:Ed Harris
“Any good director creates a playground. That's what they do. They hire the right actor, open the door and let them play because stuff will happen, right then and there. The audience wants to believe that what's going on is happening for the first time, ever. That's what acting is. That's what good scene writing is.” WantWritingFirstsBelievePlayHappensActorsStuffActingAudienceDoorsSceneDirectorsHappeningsFirst TimePlaygroundsGood Directors Author:Martin Landau
“The one thing I never want to do is act drunk or act high. You don’t do it from a mental kind of place because then you’re just acting.” WantKindActingOne ThingDrunk Author:Eva Mendes
“I definitely want to go on acting for as long as I can find employment. I'm never happier than when I'm on a film set. I just want to keep working.” WantLongI CanFilmActingGoes OnEmploymentFilm Set Author:Daniel Radcliffe
“I don't know a single person in life that doesn't have conflict. I don't really enjoy acting enough to not want to experience something that feels like it really affects things. It's like, if you were a surfer, would you want to surf where there was like two-foot waves, or would you want to surf on like ten-foot waves. To me, the more kind of dramatic stories are more exciting for me, to play with.” IfsKnowsWantFeelsKindPersonsTwoEnoughPlayStoriesEnjoyActingFeetTenConflictExcitingWaveDramaticSurfSingle PersonSurfer Author:Joaquin Phoenix
“I did a modeling gig once, but I am not a model. I want to be a model because it's a lot easier than acting.” WantActingEasierModelsModelingGigs Author:Alex Pettyfer
“To me, the producing falls into the same as acting. It requires so much time out of your life, and I take it very personally, I realize, so if I do something, it just has to be something I love and I don't want anyone else to do.” IfsWantFallRealizingActing Author:Sandra Bullock
“Every time I walk by a spy shop, I think that I need to put some surveillance on somebody. Rick's been acting fishy! I need to buy a safe that looks like a Spray 'N Wash can. "Hey, Mitch, can I use the Spray 'N Wash?" "Yeah, if you want to spray your shirt with documents!"” IfsThinkingWantNeedsLooksUseHumorFunnyWalksActingSafeYeahHeyShirtsShopsDocumentsSpySurveillanceSprayFishy Author:Mitch Hedberg
“Acting keeps me young! I love that the fans like this kind of action and as long as they want me I'll continue to do it.” WantKindLongActionYoungActingFansWant Me Author:Jackie Chan
“All rappers predominantly sound the same and want you to think their meanest person in the world, and that they're all gangster and all that. My acting allowed me to be playful and crazy, and it helps me tell stories and all that. I think it's a good time; rap needs that kind of stuff.” ThinkingWorldWantNeedsKindPersonsHelpingStoriesStuffSoundActingCrazyRapHelp MeGood TimesRapperGangsters Author:Nicki Minaj
“Movies are hard to make, and you have to work toward a common ethic and do your best. You don't want to work with people who don't care or who are acting out some neurotic, crazy thesis on the set.” PeopleWantHardCareCommonActingCrazyEthicsDon't CareNeuroticThesisActing Out Author:Robert De Niro
“I want to continue growing as an actress. There are ways that I can reach quicker, or deeper, with acting.” WayWantI CanActingGrowingDeeperActresses Author:Jill Scott
“Right now I'm sick of acting, so it's like, Maybe I'll do writing for a bit. Then, when I'm tired of writing, I'll go work on my music. When I'm sick of music, I'll be like, I'm going to start performing comedy now. So it's good. It's not like I want to be famous or anything.” WantWritingBitsActingComedyRight NowSickTiredPerformingI'm Tired Author:Charlyne Yi
“I'm not ambitious when it comes to my acting career. I'm not breaking down my agency's doors or sending out headshots. Even when I'm offered work, I always want small parts. When it comes to things that other people have written, I just don't know what I'm doing. I'm terrible at memorizing a script and reading lines. I get confused and I don't understand and it just looks fake to me. It's more difficult for me to be creative that way.” PeopleKnowsWayWantLooksReadingDifficultLinesActingCareersCreativeWrittenDoorsTerribleScriptsFakeAgencyConfusedAmbitiousBe CreativeBreaking DownSmall PartsMemorizingHeadshots Author:Amy Sedaris