“Andy Kaufman's mom wanted a girl, his father wanted a boy, and they were both satisfied!” WantedGirlFatherBoysMomSatisfied Author:Jerry Lawler
“God brought me to Himself at about the age of 4. My parents were devout believers and my Dad was in Bible College at the time. I remember hearing the gospel in Sunday School and I talked to my Mom about it one night before bed. It was clear to me that I was a sinner and I was not going to heaven if I died without accepting Jesus Christ and what He did on the cross for me. I was brought to Christ out of fear of going to hell. I didn't want to go there if I died and there was only one other choice in my mind as a 4 year old. I wanted to go to heaven. It was and is that simple.” IfsWantYearsMindAgeWantedSchoolRememberNightChoicesJesusHeavenParentChristSimpleAcceptingHellClearCollegeMomDadBedJesus ChristCrossesDiedMy DadMy MomHearingBelieverSinnerSundayOne NightSunday SchoolGoing To Heaven Author:Ben Zobrist
“I was very preppy in my childhood. I also went through an anti-clothing moment where I just wanted to wear sweats because I'd just moved to Canada. My mom was always trying to get me into proper clothes, but I never wanted to wear them, and now that's all I wear.” TryingMomentsWantedChildhoodMomClothesMovedMy MomCanadaSweatClothingsAlways TryingPreppy Author:Jason Wu
“My mom kind of led me toward acting. She wanted to be an actress when she was younger. That made me interested in it when I was a kid, because she and I are very close.” KindMadeKidsWantedActingMomMy MomActresses Author:Stephen Colbert
“I told my mom I was going to do a movie about a son who hears a story about his mom and takes her on a cross-country road trip, and I wanted to actually take the trip with my mom to see what it would be like to drive cross-country with your mom.” CountryStoriesWould BeWantedSonMomCrossesMy MomYour MomRoad TripCountry Roads Author:Dan Fogelman
“I've been acting since I was young because I wanted to, not because my parents wanted me to. My dad is a principal and mom is a middle school counselor, so acting was like, "Eh, whatever. As long as you get good grades." It's really fun, and nothing more.” LongWantedSchoolYoungFunParentActingMiddleMomDadMy DadGradesPrincipalMiddle SchoolCounselorGood Grades Author:Shailene Woodley
“I urge all children to listen to their mothers and fathers. My mom was helping out some kids and she didn't want to call me for all of the money; she only wanted to take care of some of the kids.” WantChildrenHelpingCareKidsWantedMotherFatherMomMy MomTake CareUrgesCall MeMother And Father Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“The only thing that really inspired me for singing was the movie and musical 'Phantom of the Opera.' I went to see it in the theaters, and I loved it so much. And when I got home, I started singing the songs around the house, and my mom thought I was really good, so she asked me if I wanted to do a talent competition. And I said, 'Yes, definitely.'” IfsSaidHomeWantedSongHouseTalentMomSingingTheaterCompetitionInspiredMusicalMy MomOperaPhantoms Author:Jackie Evancho
“My dad also survived five divorces, and the women he married cleaned his ass out every time. I used to think my dad got divorced because he wanted new furniture. At one point in my life, all we had left was a wooden box, a 12 black-and-white TV, and a four-man rubber raft for a couch. And yet, I was the coolest kid in third grade. Mom, can we have a sleepover in Christopher Titus' house? They have a raft in the living room! We can row to breakfast in the morning. I can actually be Captain Crunch!” ThinkingMenI CanKidsWantedUsedHouseLeftBlackWhiteRoomsMorningFiveFourTvsMomDadMarriedThirdsMy DadBoxesDivorceAssGradesBreakfastBlack And WhiteCaptainsSurvivedFurnitureDivorcedCouchesLiving RoomRubberCrunchThird GradeSleepovers Author:Christopher Titus
“Mom did not want me to have anything to do with playing music. Being from a middle-class Black family in that particular era, everybody wanted you to have a profession -- a doctor, a lawyer, and so forth. So she sent me to school to study medicine.” WantWantedSchoolBlackClassGrowing UpStudyMiddleParticularMomMusic IsDoctorsMedicineProfessionLawyerErasMiddle ClassWant MePlaying MusicBlack Family Author:Don Alias
“When I was two I was always like "I wanna be a famous singer when I grow up." When you listen to most kids they went in and did all these competitions. I was never like that, my mom never pushed me like that. I pretty much just sang when I wanted to.” TwoKidsWantedGrowsGrowing UpMomCompetitionMy MomSingersFamous Singer Author:Kiley Dean
“My mom really wanted me to be a musician so she gave me a guitar for my fifth birthday, but I didn't start playing till I was seven.” WantedMomMusicianSevenGuitarMy MomFifth Author:Yngwie Malmsteen
“When I read about women living under the Taliban, I really wanted to travel there and see for myself: Is it that bad? What is the situation? I remember the night before I left for my trip, I called my mom and said, "I'm going to Afghanistan tomorrow."” SaidWantedRememberNightLeftSituationMomTomorrowMy MomAfghanistanTaliban Author:Lynsey Addario
“My mom was a great cook so I always wanted to eat and make stuff. I did cooking in 4-H but it wasn't until I was out of college that I decided I wanted to make this my career.” WantedStuffCareersCollegeMomDecidedCookingMy MomCooks Author:Anne Burrell
“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."” YearsHardWantedMomDoctorsMy MomLawyer Author:Charice Pempengco
“My mom and dad met at Anaheim High School. After they got married, all they wanted to do was have four children, and they did.” ChildrenWantedSchoolFourMomDadMetsMarriedHigh SchoolOur ChildrenMy MomMom And Dad Author:Gwen Stefani
“In an attempt to help me move on from my failed marriage, my mom set me up with Jesus Freak. In fact, the stoner hadn't even finished moving out when she told me not to worry, because she already had someone better lined up for me. I was just lonely and desperate enough to endure a four-month celibate long distance relationship with a guy who read 15 chapters of the Bible and prayed for two hours every day and expected me to follow suit. He wanted to give our hypothetical children Bible names and for us to move to Korea to become missionaries.” GivingChildrenLongTwoEnoughFactsHelpingWantedMovingGuyJesusNamesHoursWorryFourMomMonthsLonelyDistanceEndureMy MomFinishedExpectedSuitsDesperateHelp MeFreakChaptersKoreaLong DistanceDistance RelationshipLong Distance RelationshipHypotheticalMoving OutStonersFailed MarriageJesus Freak Author:Kate Madison
“I named my first album after my dad because I wanted to find him. My second album was named after my mom because I felt like I learned all my creative talents I learned from her.” FirstsWantedFeltCreativeTalentMomDadMy DadAlbumsMy Mom Author:M.I.A.
“I'm preparing to be a mother one day and I really wanted to get inside the mind of a mom.” MindWantedMotherMomOne DayPreparing Author:LeToya Luckett
“And in the same way, FDR's not much of a father. Although the children in all their memoirs really talk about what a fun-loving guy Dad was, and how brooding and unhappy Mom was. The children sort of blame it all on the mother. Well, this is kind of standard and typical, and aggrieved Eleanor Roosevelt that she was not a happier mother. She wanted to be a happier mother. And I must say, she was a happier grandmother.” WayWellsKindChildrenWantedMotherGuyFatherFunMomDadStandardsBlameUnhappyMemoirGrandmotherTypicalBroodingEleanorFun Loving Author:Blanche Wiesen Cook
“I grew up in the theater with my mom and that's how I knew I wanted to be an actor in the first place.” FirstsWantedActorsGrewMomGrew UpTheaterMy Mom Author:Condola Rashad
“I never wanted to be a mother, and when I got the show I was really upset. I was like "I'm not sexy anymore!" The more you become a mom, you're not sexy, which of course is crap. But that's the way actors look at it. Of course, that's not true now. But everybody expects you to look differently and act differently.” WayLooksShowsWantedMotherCoursesActorsMomSexyUpsetCrap Author:Jackee Harry
“When my brother was a child, he kept telling my mom he wanted to be in the box. She didn't get it - he was two or three years old and kept saying he wanted to be in the box. She finally realized he was talking about the television.” YearsChildrenTwoWantedThreeTalkingTelevisionBrotherMomBoxesMy MomMy BrotherThree YearsThree Year Olds Author:Aldis Hodge
“I would have wanted my mom to see me settle down and to be a grandma to my kids.” KidsWantedMomDown AndMy MomSettlingGrandmaSettling Down Author:Stephen Dorff
“My mom told me I could have sheets, towels, and a few pillows, but I wanted leopard drapes, carpeting, and a comforter, too. I think maybe my obsession had something to do with my grandmother - she told me the best print to buy is leopard because it always stays in style.” ThinkingWantedStyleMomMy MomObsessionGrandmotherPrintSheetsMy GrandmotherPillowTowelsLeopardsComforterDrapes Author:Kim Kardashian
“My mom and I have always been very close. She is my best friend. She had to make a lot of sacrifices early on in my life to make sure I got to do what I wanted to do.” WantedFriendshipSacrificeMomMy MomMy Best Friend Author:Norah Jones
“I think I was afraid of being a mother for many reasons. I wanted to be a good mom and I was fearful at one point of even working at the national level because I was afraid that I would disappoint a child or I wouldn't be as ready for a big position as maybe I should have been when I came to Fox.” ThinkingShouldChildrenHas BeensReasonBigsWantedMotherLevelsPositionReadyMomShould HaveFearfulFoxesShould Have BeenDisappointBeing A MotherGood Mom Author:Ainsley Earhardt
“My mom always wanted me be a ballerina, and I was just adamant that I wanted to be a track star. I wanted nothing to do with ballet.” WantedStarsMomTrackMy MomBalletBallerinaAdamant Author:Emayatzy E. Corinealdi
“I came upon Diana Krall's jazz arrangement of "A Case of You" several years back. I've always wanted to pay homage to both her version and Joni's, and by proxy, my mom. She's the one that introduced me to that music.” YearsWantedPayCasesMomJazzMy MomVersionsArrangementsHomageDianaProxy Author:Cheyenne Jackson
“So I went home and I told my mom that I wanted to quit and be an actress and she said, “Huh, that sounds fascinating. It’s wonderful!” And I told my father and he literally said, “I don’t care if you want to be an elephant trainer if it makes you happy.”” IfsWantSaidHomeCareWantedFatherSoundLaughingWonderfulMomDon't CareMy MomActressesQuittingI Don't CareFascinatingElephantsMake You HappyTrainers Author:Gena Rowlands
“It was like I couldn't even begin to tell my mom I was singing. I didn't want anyone to think that she was trying to get me to sing. I wanted to prove to myself I could do it on my own. I really wanted to do a completely different thing.” ThinkingWantTryingDifferentWantedMy OwnMomProveSingingMy MomDifferent Things Author:Jillian Hervey
“You know, you always want to just do your own thing - I mean some people want to be exactly like their parents - Ibut I wanted to do my own thing and I ended up doing a kind of mix of my mom and dad.” PeopleKnowsWantKindMeanWantedParentMy OwnMomDadMy MomMom And Dad Author:Jillian Hervey
“After college, I shot a pilot for a show on Lifetime, which was basically House of Style for a TV lover. I think I got paid $1,500, and I was like, "Mom, I'm moving out! I made it!" I did two seasons of that, but I felt like a talking head and wanted to do more.” ThinkingMadeTwoShowsWantedMovingHouseFeltTalkingStyleCollegeTvsMomLoversShotsSeasonsPaidLifetimeMade ItPilotsMoving OutTalking Heads Author:Tracee Ellis Ross
“I never fit in with my peer group. I never hung out with kids my age - I always wanted to hang out with my mom and her girlfriends.” KidsAgeWantedGroupsMomFitMy MomGirlfriendHanging OutHungPeersPeer Group Author:Jessica Alba
“We had all the advantages of being in, you know, the '50s and the '60s, where a one-income household could actually support a family. And mom was around and wanted nothing more than to just, you know, do everything she could for her kids.” KnowsKidsWantedSupportMomAdvantageIncomeHousehold Author:Jill Stein
“Dad and Mom were frustrated artists - Dad wanted to study engineering or architecture and Mom wanted to be an actress - but the world was a different place when they were young so Dad became a public works foreman and Mom became a stay-at-home mom. When I said I wanted to be a writer, they were thrilled. They did everything in their power to support me.” WorldSaidDifferentHomeWantedYoungArtistSupportStudyMomDadActressesArchitectureEngineeringFrustratedDifferent PlaceStay At HomeSupport MeStay At Home Mom Author:Eden Robinson
“The biggest surprise was a picture my mom sent me, just about the time that we were about to wrap up the book, of me as a 5-year-old dressed in my first Halloween costume that she made for me. I said, "What's this? I never saw this photo." And she said, "We made you this black-and-orange Halloween costume out of crepe paper" - we were too poor to have fabric back then - "and you wanted to go as the Queen Of Halloween." And I was like, "What?" And she said, "Yeah, the Princess Of Halloween, the Queen Of Halloween, something like that.” YearsFirstsMadeSaidBookWantedBlackPoorSawsMomPaperYeahSurpriseMy MomQueensPrincessFabricHalloweenCostumesOrangeWrapsCrepesHalloween Costume Author:Cassandra Peterson
“I want my son to grow up with a mom that he could see and look at her life with all the mistakes and with all the failures and all the flaws and say, "My mom lived an authentic life. That was the life she wanted to live."” WantLooksWantedGrowsMistakeGrowing UpSonMomMy MomFlawsMy SonAuthentic Life Author:Charlize Theron
“I came back and decided that I wanted to go to college for acting and got my family on board. My mom, who was a single mom, was a little reticent, but I think after that summer [in the Governor's School], she saw a shift in me and realized that it was something I wanted more than just a hobby.” ThinkingLittlesWantedSchoolActingSawsCollegeMomSummerMy FamilyDecidedMy MomBoardsGovernorsHobbiesSingle Mom Author:Zachary Quinto
“My father wanted to be an actor, dreamed about being an actor, but he gave it up because my mom and his family told him, "You're never going to make it; it's too tough out there."” WantedActorsFatherMomToughMy Mom Author:David Copperfield
“My support group - my mom, my dad, my sisters, my brothers-in-law, my immediate nieces and nephews, my immediate family like Aunt Donna - I know I can trust them. Most of the other people...they never called me before, they never said "I love you" before, they never wanted to take a picture with me at family reunions. It's like, don't do it now...You win the lottery and all of a sudden everybody's your best friend.” PeopleKnowsSaidI CanWantedLawWinningSupportGroupsLove YouBrotherMomDadMy DadMy MomMy BrotherMy SisterAuntIn-lawsLotteryReunionYour Best FriendNephewNieceFamily ReunionSupport GroupsBrother In LawNiece And NephewImmediate Family Author:Carrie Underwood
“My mom was a frustrated woman, like so many unhappy women who didn't get the opportunities they wanted.” WantedOpportunityMomMy MomUnhappyFrustratedHappy Woman Author:Sandra Cisneros
“My mom always used to tell me, "Do what you love and be kind." And I discovered video at a very early age, and so my love was ideas and video. I thought what I wanted my career to be was, I wanted to create contexts in which I could philosophize out loud.” KindIdeasAgeWantedUsedCareersMomMy MomVideoLoudBe KindWhat You Love Author:Jason Silva
“My mom and my dad wanted my brother and I to have a better life, you know, better education, better jobs. It was probably harder, much, much harder, for my parents. When you're a kid, you can learn a language much more easily; I learned English in less than a year.” KnowsYearsKidsWantedJobsLanguageParentBrotherMomDadHarderMy DadMy MomMy BrotherBetter LifeBetter Jobs Author:Mila Kunis
“TV family sitcoms have always been about fathers who know best and mothers who are so enchanted with everything they do. I wanted to be the first mom to be a mom on TV. I wanted to sent out a message about how us women really feel.” KnowsFeelsFirstsWantedMotherFatherTvsMomMessagesSitcomBeing A MomEnchanted Author:Roseanne Barr
“The real estate agent had to go door-to-door in the apartment building we wanted to rent, asking if it was OK for this interracial family - my mom is white and I was a 1-year-old half-African kid - to live in the apartment building.” IfsYearsRealKidsWantedWhiteHalfDoorsBuildingMomAskingMy MomAgentsApartmentEstatesEstate Agents Author:Tom Morello
“Even in high school, I'd tell my mom I was sick of swimming and wanted to try to play golf. She wasn't too happy. She'd say, 'Think about this.' And I'd always end up getting back in the pool.” ThinkingTryingEndsPlayWantedSchoolMomHigh SchoolSickGolfMy MomSwimmingPool Author:Michael Phelps
“My parents were working class folks. My dad was a bartender for most of his life, my mom was a maid and a cashier and a stock clerk at WalMart. We were not people of financial means in terms of significant financial means. I always told them, 'I didn't always have what I wanted. I always had what I needed.' My parents always provided that.” PeopleMeanWantedMotherParentTermClassMomNeededDadMy DadFinancialFolksMy MomSignificantWorking ClassMaidsClerksBartenderWalmartCashiers Author:Marco Rubio