“I went to a strict elementary school with nuns, and uniforms that I'm pretty sure were made out of sandpaper. It was an academic, sports-oriented place. I liked to read, and wanted to act, and didn't try out for volleyball. I was weird. The other girls would dip my hair in ink and stuff.” TryingMadeWantedSchoolGirlStuffSportsHairAcademicUniformsStrictInkVolleyballNunDipOther GirlElementary SchoolSandpaper Author:Zosia Mamet
“I like having black hair. When I was really young, I wanted to be Asian - Asian hair is beautiful. I also wanted to look like the girl in George Michael's 'Father Figure' video.” LooksWantedBeautifulYoungGirlFatherBlackFiguresHairVideoAsianFather FigureBlack Hair Author:Pauley Perrette
“I certainly used to wish that I was skinny, lighter-skinned, with long, pretty hair. But only because I used to get made fun of for being the absolute opposite. I didn't see all of that stuff as the American Dream. I just wanted to look normal. Now that I'm older, I really do feel like I am a beautiful girl.” FeelsLooksLongMadeDreamWantedBeautifulUsedGirlFunWishStuffHairNormalOppositesAbsolutesAmerican DreamSkinnyLightersBeautiful Girl Author:Gabourey Sidibe
“I knew that my hair was falling out and I had really weird skin. My face looked really weird and I was getting this fuzz on my face and I was always cold - always to the point of uncontrollably shaking. I was more scared that 85 lbs. wasn't good enough. I wanted to be lower.” EnoughWantedFacesFallHairColdSkinsScaredGood EnoughShakingReally Weird Author:Brittany Snow
“I permed my hair 12 years ago, because I always wanted a perm, but my mother would never let me have one! I got a lot of stick, but I didn't care - I loved the curls. The growing out was the difficult part!” YearsCareWantedMotherDifficultGrowingHairYears AgoLet MeSticksCurlsPerms Author:Chloe Sevigny
“I think my wife saw a picture of the rock group Journey, and they're kind of aging, and the one guy had dyed blonde hair with black roots, and... my idea was to get a little earring, I wanted to have a dangling earring.” ThinkingKindLittlesIdeasWantedGuyBlackSawsWifeGroupsJourneyRocksHairRootsAgingMy WifeBlondeEarringsBlonde Hair Author:Fred Willard
“I loved Belle in 'Beauty and the Beast.' I just wanted to be her. I'm a brunette, so I think I kind of cling to all those princesses that have brown hair. I just wanted to be them.” ThinkingKindWantedHairBeastBrownPrincessBelleBrunetteBrown Hair Author:Kara Lindsay
“I wanted to show that your health is more important than your hair.” ImportantShowsWantedHair Author:Joan Lunden
“I waited just to see you at that kind of peace, I wanted to be beside you, I wanted you to wake up slowly or startle, or just half awaken and turn over or murmur my name. I wanted to watch you forever, or sleep beside you forever, or sleep forever while you woke and watched me, something forever anyway. I wanted to kiss you, rumple your hair, rest three fingertips on your hip bone warm and smooth, wake you that way or hush you back to sleep.” WayKindWantedTurnsThreeNamesSleepHalfWatchesForeverHairKissingWake UpWarmBonesHipsSmoothFingertipsHushBeside YouWakes You Author:Daniel Handler
“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.” SaidEyeKidsWantedHairMomBlueMy MomWho I AmAshamedBlue EyesLuke Author:Chaske Spencer
“My art career actually began under the kitchen table. My mother wanted to get me out of her hair while she cooked, so she laid out some paper and pencils on the floor under the kitchen table.” ArtWantedMotherCareersHairPaperTablesProfessionKitchenPencilsKitchen TablePaper And Pencil Author:Alton Tobey
“I wanted to be like my friends. I hung out with girls who had blue eyes and blond hair and I thought, "I want to look like them!"” WantLooksEyeWantedGirlHairMy FriendsBlueHungBlue Eyes Author:Selena Gomez
“I wanted to touch on how we look on each other. Good hair, light skin, you must be smart; if you're black, you're dark-skinned, you're ugly. That really happens. This is something that started with slavery, when they divided the house, and it's still a part of today's society and things that we battle with.” IfsLooksStillsLightHappensTodayWantedHouseBlackDarkHairBattleSmartSkinsSlaveryUglyDividedBeing SmartDark SkinnedGood HairToday's Society Author:Rapsody
“What fun that is, doing voices. I would do them every day if they wanted me to. It's so much fun to go to work and not shave and wear your tennis shoes and your gym clothes. As opposed to having to shave, shower, go to the gym, look good, get ready, go to makeup and hair, and all that stuff. I love doing voices. It's just so relaxing.” IfsLooksWantedFunStuffVoiceReadyHairClothesShoesTennisMakeupGymShowersTennis Shoes Author:Eric Roberts
“Eventually I knew what hair wanted; it wanted to be itself ... to be left alone by anyone, including me, who did not love it as it was.” WantedLeftHairIncludingLeft Alone Author:Alice Walker
“Outside the windows the day was bright: golden sunshine, blue sky, pleasant wind . . . I wanted to punch the happy day in the face, grab it by the hair, and beat it until it told me what the hell it was so happy about.” WantedFacesHellSkyWindHairBeatsWindowBlueGoldenPleasantSunshineBlue SkyHappy Day Book:Magic Rises: A Kate Daniels Novel Source: Magic Rises: A Kate Daniels Novel
“At bed-time I went into my room and put out the light. I didn't get undressed. I lay on my bed and looked out of the window at the stars. I read in a book that the stars can take you anywhere. I've never wanted to be an astronaut because of the helmets. If I were up there on the moon, or by the Milky Way, I'd want to feel the stars round my head. I'd want them in my hair the way they are in paintings of the gods. I'd want my whole body to feel the space, the empty space and points of light. That's how dancers must feel, dancers and acrobats, just for a second, that freedom.” IfsWayWantFeelsBookWholeBodyLightWantedStarsSpaceRoomsPaintingHairBedMoonWindowEmptyLaysRoundsDancerAstronautHelmetEmpty SpaceMilky WayPoints Of LightBed Time Author:Jeanette Winterson
“In the first two years of my career, there were a lot of restraints on what I could do. I couldn't wear certain colors of lipstick, like bright pink, dark pink or red; [my lips] had to be natural. Eventually, I stopped communicating with certain people at the label, and did exactly what I wanted to do. And that was to cut my hair, dye it black, change my clothes, change my sound. Really to just express myself.” PeopleYearsFirstsTwoWantedCertainSoundBlackNaturalDarkCareersCuttingColorHairClothesRedLipsCommunicateLabelsTwo YearsRestraintLipstickHair Dye Author:Rihanna
“Becoming an actor wasn’t a choice – it was something I was forced into. At 3, you can’t make those choices... I supported my family, and if I got fired or missed an audition, I’d be punished as if I’d messed up in school. I was starved, because they wanted to keep my weight at a certain place; my hair was bleached – that was my life. I wasn’t allowed to play with kids on my block or ride a bike or play ball, in case I got a scratch – I wasn’t even allowed to be bar mitzvahed because I couldn’t attend enough lessons.” IfsEnoughPlayKidsWantedSchoolCertainChoicesActorsCasesHairBecomingLessonsMy FamilyWeightBallsBarsBlockAuditionsBikeScratchesMessed UpBar Mitzvah Author:Corey Feldman
“I think too many people, if you are 46 you want to look 36, and if you're 36 you want to look 26. I didn't want to do that. I've earned the gray hairs. So I wanted to show that level of honesty.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantLooksShowsWantedLevelsHonestyHairGrayGray Hair Author:Eric Church
“When I was a little kid I wanted to be Face. I thought, cos I had blond hair and he did too, that when I grew up I'd look like him.” LooksLittlesHumorKidsWantedFunnyFacesHairGrewGrew UpLittle Kid Author:Noel Fielding
“My mother, she was able to swim through planets and turn them into whatever she wanted - they didn't have to be what we know them to be. So she actually had Jupiter in her hair, when she was talking to me.” KnowsAbleWantedMotherTurnsTalkingPlanetsHairSwimJupiter Author:Patrick Monahan
“I started getting tattoos, and the hair would grow back out and grow over a nice piece of artwork that I really wanted to show, and it just became one of those things. I can't stand the hair on my body. I just wanted it gone. It's just a better feeling for me.” I CanShowsFeelingsBodyWantedGrowsGonePiecesNiceHairTattooArtwork Author:Ryan Sheckler
“There came a point when I wanted to do television, and I didn't think the Afro was going to play, so I made a very difficult choice - to straighten my hair.” ThinkingMadePlayWantedChoicesDifficultTelevisionHairAfrosDifficult Choices Author:Jami Floyd
“I just like short hair on women, I think it's cool. And I have wanted to cut my hair for very many years, but being on contract with a television show for six years prevents you from doing that, and then being on contract with a cosmetic endorsement campaign prevents you from doing that again. So for eight years, I've had to have long, flowing locks. And I was just so sick and tired of long, flowing locks, so I chopped them.” ThinkingYearsLongShowsWantedCuttingTelevisionHairSixSickTiredEightCampaignsContractsLocksTelevision ShowsCosmeticsEndorsementsSo SickShort Hair Author:Evangeline Lilly
“I just wanted to do hair in the movies and in Hollywood, and made it work.” MadeWantedHairHollywoodMade It Author:Howard Berger
“An hour before I got cast in [Victorious] they called and asked if it'd be okay for them to do ANYTHING they wanted with my hair, even a blue mohawk or a bald head and I eagerly said yes!” IfsSaidWantedHoursHairOkayBlueCastsMohawks Author:Ariana Grande
“I don't care what color your hair is, if you're pale or tan, if you have makeup on or just woke up all I care about is that when I look at you, you always look back and see me. You're beautiful inside and out and if you wanted to tattoo all that pretty white skin from head to toe I would be honored to put it there for you but if not I'll take you all smooth and milky white any chance I get.” IfsLooksWould BeCareWantedBeautifulChanceWhiteColorHairSkinsDon't CareI Don't CareMakeupPaleI CareSmoothTattooToesHonoredYou Re BeautifulBeautiful InsideWhite SkinBeautiful Inside And Author:Jay Crownover
“If people wanted to fight me-because of my hair or because my skin was too dark-then I fought them” PeopleIfsWantedFightingDarkHairSkins Author:Brooke Valentine
“I'd always wanted to grow my hair out. And now looking back on those photos I understand why I probably shouldn't have.” WantedGrowsHairLooking Back Author:David Cook
“I have a sister who is a dancer and dance teacher. We grew up dancing together. I wanted to become a ballerina when I was a kid, so she and I were always at ballet conservatories and going to school with our hair in buns.” KidsWantedSchoolTogetherTeacherHairGrewGrew UpDancingDancerBalletBallerinaBunsConservatoryDance Teacher Author:Mary Elizabeth Winstead
“I think my craziest hair was when I first went red for my 30th birthday. My idea was The Little Mermaid because I always wanted to be her and then I was going to be I love Lucy and every red-haired character that you can imagine. It was really cartoon red and now I'm in the more natural believable tones.” ThinkingFirstsLittlesIdeasCharacterWantedNaturalImagineHairRedToneCartoonMermaidBelievableLucyCraziest30th Birthday Author:Elizabeth Jagger
“I was 13. And on my own for about 10 months, but those were long months. My stepdad wanted me out of his hair and tried to put me in a home, a hospital kind of place for kids with drug problems, which I absolutely did not belong in. So I left that place and struck out on my own...” KindLongProblemHomeKidsWantedLeftMy OwnHairMonthsDrugHospitalsStepdads Author:Rose McGowan
“I wanted something different. I'd been using the C+ amps for a long time, and I love them - they're one of my favorite amps ever. But on this album [Road Kings] I wanted - there were a couple reasons, actually. One is that I wanted a more aggressive sound, some more teeth and hair.” LongDifferentReasonWantedSoundHairCoupleKingsLong TimeMy FavoriteAlbumsTeethAggressive Author:John Petrucci
“You just wanted to be normal. It wasn't even being beautiful. I just wanted to be smooth and thin and have, and you know, have beautiful glossy hair and lovely clothes and be able to walk in heels. And I thought that once I did all of that stuff that my life would begin.” KnowsAbleWantedBeautifulStuffWalksHairNormalClothesLovelyHeelsSmoothBeing Beautiful Author:Caitlin Moran
“I had been with a guy for seven years and I was done with that. I wanted to reinvent my whole life and change my hair - I'd had brown, straight extensions forever - and I just wanted to get rid of that, to shed skin, and really just be independent.” YearsDoneWholeWantedGuyForeverHairSkinsIndependentSevenWhole LifeBrownShedExtensionsSeven YearsLife And Change Author:Jillian Hervey
“I wanted Bow's hair and makeup and clothing to look like a woman who has four children, a career, and a full life. For example, she won't wear eyeshadow unless she's going out. Because it takes a lot of time to put eyeshadow on. She's a woman who has style, but it's all about functionality - she grabs stuff from her closet.” LooksChildrenWantedStuffCareersFourStyleExampleHairOur ChildrenMakeupClothingsBowsGoing OutClosetsFull LifeHair And MakeupFunctionalityEyeshadow Author:Tracee Ellis Ross
“It was so complex [in "Trolls"] that the technical team had to build a new program. It was about rendering and manipulating that weird hair. We also wanted to break the mold of what what we thought the princess was about...we wanted to keep her troll 'look' - the stumpy legs, an ugly/cute look, it was all inspired from the doll.” LooksWantedBreakTeamHairProgramComplexesInspiredUglyLegsCutePrincessMoldDollsRenderingTroll Author:Walt Dohrn
“I felt that there could be some anger. There could be some frustration that he has the tendency to take over the room, but I wanted all of those things to show in the grays of her hair and the fact that her hips are much wider than they probably were when she met him. I wanted it to show in the fact that her hair is not done up all the time. I wanted it to be a part of that every day that wasn't in your face. Because then for me, that's overacting. To me, that's not "being." I wanted Rose [in "Fences"] to be many things.” DoneFactsShowsWantedFacesFeltRoomsHairMetsRoseTendenciesHipsFrustrationYour FaceFence Author:Viola Davis
“I never expected to sell my art. It wasn't like today where you come out of art school and they promise you a future. Now it's almost regulated in a way. When we came out of school, we just wanted to make art that'd blow your hair back and do it for sport. There was no commercial possibility that we saw.” WayArtTodayWantedSchoolSportsSawsPossibilityHairPromiseSellsBlowExpectedArt SchoolWhere You Come Author:Edward Ruscha
“Bill Clinton sitting on Air Force One getting his hair cut while people around the country cooled their heels and waited for him, became a metaphor for a populist president who had gotten drunk with the perks of his own power and was sort of, you know, not sensitive to what people wanted.” PeopleKnowsCountryWantedForcePresidentCuttingAirHairSittingBillsClintonMetaphorDrunkSensitiveHeelsAir ForcePerksPopulistHair CutAir Force One Author:Dee Dee Myers
“Since I was a child, I hated having to deal with my hair. I hated having to change my clothes. As a kid, I had a sailor shirt and the same old corduroy pants, and that's what I wanted to wear everyday.” ChildrenKidsWantedDealsHairClothesEverydayHatedShirtsPantsSailorCorduroy Author:Patti Smith
“I remember straightening my hair because I wanted to be like everybody else, and now the fact that anybody would emulate what I do? It's just funny.” FactsWantedFunnyRememberHairEmulateBad Hair Author:Taylor Swift
“In a way he made me think of a child doll, with briliant faintly red-brown glass eyes - a doll that had been found in an attic. I wanted to polish him with kisses, clean him up, make him evevn more radiant than he was. "That's what you always want," he said softly... "When you found me under Les Innocents," he said, "you wanted to bathe me with perfume and dress me in velvevt with great embroidered sleeves." "Yes," I said, "and comb your hair, your beautiful russet hair." My tone was angry. "You look good to me, you damnable little devil, good to embrace and good to love.” ThinkingWayWantLooksChildrenLittlesMadeSaidEyeWantedBeautifulFoundHairKissingDevilRedDressesAngryEmbraceCleanGlassesToneBrownPerfumePolishDollsSleevesRadiantCombsAtticsYour Beautiful Author:Anne Rice
“galatea was a serious girl. she was pale and looked like tears all over. big ed passed his hand through his hair and said hello. she looked at him steadily. "where have you been? why did you do this to me?" and she gave dean a dirty look; she knew the score. dean paid absolutely no attention; what he wanted now was food; he asked jane if there was anything. the confusion began right there.” IfsLooksSaidHandsBigsWantedGirlAttentionTearsSeriousHairPaidConfusionDirtyScorePaleHelloJaneDean Author:Jack Kerouac
“I just wanted a change. My hair started hurting my back, so I went to my hairdresser and said 'Take it off.' And I'm delighted with the results.” SaidWantedHurtResultsHairDelightedHairdresser Author:Sarah Brightman
“Anyone who knew Violet well could tell she was thinking hard, because her long hair was tied up in a ribbon to keep it out of her eyes. Violet had a real knack for inventing and building strange devices, so her brain was often filled with images of pulleys, levers, and gears, and she never wanted to be distracted by something as trivial as her hair.” ThinkingWellsLongRealHardEyeWantedBrainBuildingStrangeHairFilledDevicesTiedHer EyesVioletDistractedGearsInventingRibbonsKnackLeversLong HairTied UpPulleysThinking Hard Author:Daniel Handler
“My own feeling about JJ, without knowing anything about him, was that he might have been a gay person, because he had long hair and spoke American. A lot of Americans are gay people, aren’t they? I know they didn’t invent gayness, because they say that was the Greeks. But they helped bring it back into fashion. Being gay was a bit like the Olympics: it disappeared in ancient times, and then they brought it back in the twentieth century. Anyway, I didn’t know anything about gays, so I just presumed they were all unhappy and wanted to kill themselves.” PeopleKnowsPersonsLongHas BeensFeelingsMightWantedBitsMy OwnKnowingCenturyFashionHairGayAncientUnhappyGreekSpokesOlympicsMight Have BeenTwentieth CenturyGay PeopleBeing GayLong HairAncient TimesGayness Author:Nick Hornby
“Hair is gray and the firers are burning. So many dreams on the shelf. You say I wanted you to be proud of me. I always wanted that myself.” DreamWantedHairPrideProudBurningGrayBe ProudShelvesProud Of Me Author:Tori Amos
“WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE: RAPUNZEL For horse thieving, kidnapping, jail breaking, and using her hair in a manner other than nature intended! REWARD” WantedAliveHairHorseRewardsJailKidnappingRapunzel Author:Shannon Hale