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“I didn't really want to act. Gerard Depardieu discovered me when I was 14 and asked if I wanted to make movies and I said, 'Why not?”

Ifs Want Said Wanted Why Not

Author:Melanie Laurent

“I wanted to make a film - and I've been wanting to do this for 16 years - about life in care, and bring it to the public's attention, because I had never seen anything, on TV or in the cinema, which said: 'This is how it feels to be a kid in care'.”

Feels Years Said Care Kids Wanted Film Attention Tvs Cinema

Author:Samantha Morton

“My mother wanted to be a teacher when she was young, and my father didn't approve of it, so she fought very hard to become one. And she did it. So when I said I wanted to become an actress, my mother was very supportive. She always said to me, 'There's no such thing as 'can't.”

Said Hard Wanted Young Mother Father Teacher Actresses Supportive

Author:Archie Panjabi

“Quite honestly I never had a desire to be an actor. I tell people, I did not choose acting; acting chose me. I never grew up wanting to be an actor. I wanted to play football. In about 9th grade an English teacher told me I had a talent to act. He said I should audition for a performing arts high school so I did on a whim. I got accepted.”

“I wanted to write a novel. At 12 I knew, I am a writer. I said it to nobody.”

Writing Said Wanted Novel

Author:Peter Bichsel

“I took the ET job because I wanted to stop traveling and they said I would only work half a day. Then I could work on music the rest of the day. They put in my contract that I wouldn't work after 1 P.M.”

Said Wanted Jobs Half Contracts They Said

Author:John Tesh

“My dad said: 'It looks like you'll be world No.1 in a few hours and I wanted to be the first to say congratulations.”

World Firsts Looks Said Wanted Hours Like You Dad My Dad Congratulations

Author:Lee Westwood

“Skating was something I really wanted to do; my parents knew nothing about it. They said they'd support me as long as I was trying my hardest and enjoying it.”

Trying Long Said Wanted Parent Enjoy Support Hardest They Said Skating Support Me Trying My Hardest

Author:Kristi Yamaguchi

“In my prayers I never said I needed a home. I said I wanted a sanctuary.”

Said Home Wanted Prayer Needed Sanctuary Firefighter

Author:Mary Anne Radmacher

“My mother, whose family was heavily rabbinic, said she wanted me to continue the family tradition in the rabbinate. My father said he wanted me to be a scholar of the Talmud, but he wanted me to make my living in science.”

Said Wanted Mother Father Tradition Scholar Family Tradition

Author:Norman Lamm

“On my first date, my boyfriend asked me if I wanted to eat a la carte, and I said that I would prefer to stay inside!”

Ifs Firsts Said Wanted My Boyfriend First Date

Author:Cristin Milioti

“My first injury ever was a broken toe, and my mother made me run laps around the mat for the rest of the night. She said she wanted me to know that even if I was hurt, I was still fine.”

Ifs Knows Firsts Made Said Stills Running Wanted Mother Night Hurt Broken Fine Injury Toes Lap I Was Hurt

Author:Ronda Rousey

“I said publicly last year that I wanted 2012 to be a great season, not just a good season. We certainly had a very good season and perhaps exceeded a few expectations. But Broncos fans, you and I know what a great season looks like.”

Knows Years Looks Said Wanted Lasts Fans Expectations Seasons Very Good Last Year Broncos

Author:Pat Bowlen

“I wanted to be on my own and get out of the house. We were the kind of kids that - we - obeyed our parents. If they said no, you don't ask why.”

Ifs Kind Said Kids Wanted Asks House Parent My Own They Said

Author:Janet Jackson

“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.”

Said Eye Kids Wanted Hair Mom Blue My Mom Who I Am Ashamed Blue Eyes Luke

Author:Chaske Spencer

“I wanted to be born at the farthest limit of the world. I'll explore it, I said to myself, biting big chunks from it. And when I want, I'll go straight to the core. This is the way of the world I thought in my innocence, round and around the layers of peel until the taste becomes certain.”

World Way Want Said Bigs Wanted Certain Born Taste Limits Experience Rounds Core Innocence Layers Chunks Biting

Author:Abba Kovner

“I wanted to make Jerusalem as feature film. But we couldn't finance it only through theatrical release, we couldn't get all the money we needed. We had to get some money from television. So we said, ok, let's do it both ways. So we did it in four parts.”

Way Said Wanted Film Four Television Needed Finance Release Features Theatrical Jerusalem

Author:Bille August

“When I came back from Pakistan, I wanted to take computer classes nearby. I asked my brother. I was in my home, cooking for my family, and all our relatives and guests. But I said, "I want to live my life as a woman, but I want to study." But, he told me, "Just study at home, you don't need to go out." He said, "If you go to the courses, what will our relatives say? They will lose respect for us." They told me, "We know you're feeling different, but we cannot do anything about it."”

Ifs Knows Want Needs Said Different Feelings Home Wanted Courses Loses Class Study Brother Computer My Family Cooking My Brother Guests Living My Life Pakistan Home Cooking

Author:Malina Suliman

“I never in a million years thought I would be starring in Hairspray, ever. Because if you think about my past, it's been 30 years of playing a macho leading man, so when I was offered it, I said: "Why? Why me? What have I done to deserve that you think I should do this?" After much convincing, over a year and two months, I was convinced they wanted to make a great movie.”

Ifs Thinking Men Should Years Said Two Done Would Be Wanted Past Millions Months Deserve Convinced Convincing My Past Two Months Macho Why Me Hairspray

Author:John Travolta

“I got on the phone with the president of my label and I said, "Obviously, I write songs in a lot of styles and play a lot of different kinds of music. We're getting toward the end of our business collaboration. If you could envision a record that you wanted to hear from me, what kind of record would it be?" It wasn't like asking him to fill an order, it was really just a conversation. For all the things I'd ever asked him, this was one thing I'd never asked, and I don't know why. So I was curious. And the thing that he was most interested in hearing was a solo record.”

“I have never made radically different experiments. Whenever I wanted to say something, I said it the way I believed I should.”

Way Should Made Said Different Wanted Experiments

Author:Pablo Picasso

“Never work for a company that says people are its most important asset. If you wanted to get a mortgage and you said that your only asset was people you would end up living in a tent.”

People Ifs Said Important Ends Wanted Company Assets Mortgage Tents

Author:Guy Browning

“I've always wanted to serve my country in some capacity. But many years ago, my father said he wanted me to run the brewery and he'd do politics.”

Years Said Country Running Wanted Father Politics Capacity Years Ago Breweries

Author:Pete Coors

“What parents said they valued most were discussions with teachers and heads, and what they wanted was more descriptive information in their children's school reports. This is particularly true for primary schools. Parents wanted to know much more than just how their children were doing academically.”

Knows Children Said Wanted School Parent Teacher Information Primaries Discussion Reports Primary School School Reports

Author:Carol J. Adams

“I always thought of myself as a humanities person as a kid, but I liked electronics. Then I read something that one of my heroes, Edwin Land of Polaroid, said about the importance of people who could stand at the intersection of humanities and sciences, and I decided that's what I wanted to do.”

People Persons Said Kids Wanted Humanity Land Hero Decided Importance My Hero Intersections Electronics Polaroids My Biography

Author:Steve Jobs

“I looked at my family and I said, "I've got a spouse. I've got three kids. There's no way I'm ever buying a music subscription service for the five of us. It's just not going to happen." So we wanted to do something really great for families... It wasn't easy. We had to convince the labels it was in their best interests, too.”

Way Said Happens Kids Wanted Three Easy Interest Five My Family Labels Buying Convince Really Great Spouse Subscription

Author:Eddy Cue

“And oft I thought (my fancy was-so strong) That I, at last, a resting-place had found: 'Here: will I dwell,' said I,' my whole life long, Roaming the illimitable waters round; Here will I live, of all but heaven disowned. And end my days upon the peaceful flood - To break my dream the vessel reached its bound; And homeless near a thousand homes I stood, And near a thousand tables pined and wanted food.”

Long Said Ends Whole Home Dream Wanted Lasts Found Strong Heaven Water Break Thousand Tables Bounds Rounds Whole Life Peaceful Fancy Flood Homeless Vessel Long Life Roaming

Book:The Poems of William Wordsworth

Source: The Poems of William Wordsworth

“I asked my Dad once, "How did you and Mum stay married for 33 years?" He said. "Well, we never wanted to get divorced at the same time.”

Years Wells Said Wanted Dad Married My Dad Mum Divorced Marriage Is Hard

Author:Gwyneth Paltrow

“Even when I was at CIA, I'd go to visit foreign leaders and I'd say, 'You know, I'm not a diplomat. I'm just an old CIA guy'... I said, 'If I wanted to be diplomatic, I'd have been a diplomat.'”

Ifs Knows Has Beens Said Wanted Guy Leader Cia Diplomatic Diplomats

Author:Robert M. Gates

“When I was young, everyone laughed at me when I said that I wanted to be a professional basketball player...now it's my turn to laugh.”

Said Wanted Young Turns Laughing Player Basketball Laughed Basketball Player

Author:Allen Iverson

“In the Eleusinian mysteries, they would always warn people, "if you go in here, your ego will die. You're going to have to confront all your past hang-ups, strip them off, and be a changed person." One emperor of Rom who wanted to be initiated in the Eleusinian mysteries said, "That's interesting, I approve of what you're doing, but I don't want to be changed.”

People Ifs Want Persons Said Wanted Past Dies Interesting Mystery Changed Ego Our Past Your Past Emperor Hang Ups Changed Person

Book:Your Brain Is God

Source: Your Brain Is God

“I always wanted to be an actor, but in Edmonton, Alberta, that's not a success-oriented career. So I said, 'I'll get my (teaching) degree and then I'll see what happens, but I'll always have that to fall back on.' So if anybody were to look at me and say, 'Oh, you're an actor,' I could always say, 'Hey man, I'm a teacher!'”

Ifs Men Looks Said Happens Wanted Fall Actors Careers Teacher Teaching Degrees Hey Look At Me Fall Back Alberta Edmonton

Author:Nathan Fillion

“I realized I was more convincing to myself and to the people who were listening when I actually said what I thought, versus what I thought people wanted to hear me say.”

People Said Wanted Listening I Realized Versus Convincing

Author:Ursula Burns

“Elton wanted a garden. They were building all afternoon while we were rehearsing. And then they built a fountain for Elton. And he said, I was only joking!”

Said Wanted Building Built Garden Afternoon Fountain Rehearsing

Author:Maurice Gibb

“My father wanted me to play pro football, and he didn't like the fact that I'd left school. And he said, "It takes a man to play football. And any fool can go up on the stage and make an ass of himself.”

Men Said Play Facts Wanted School Father Left Stage Football Fool Ass Pro Football

Author:Bill Cosby

“You had to stay awake married to him [Humphrey Bogart]. Every time I thought I could relax and do everything I wanted, he'd buck. There was no way to predict his reactions, no matter how well I knew him. As he'd said before our wedding, he expected to be happily married and stay that way, but he never expected to settle down. He liked keeping people off balance. He was good for me -- I could never be quite sure what he would do.”

People Way Wells Said Matter Wanted Balance Married Expected Reactions Settling Awake Relax Bucks Settling Down Happily Married Our Wedding Bogart

Author:Lauren Bacall

“Appealing to his [Einstein's] way of expressing himself in theological terms, I said: If God had wanted to put everything into the universe from the beginning, He would have created a universe without change, without organisms and evolution, and without man and man's experience of change. But he seems to have thought that a live universe with events unexpected even by Himself would be more interesting than a dead one.”

Ifs Men Way Said Seems Would Be Wanted Universe Term Interesting Events Evolution Unexpected Organisms Theological

Book:Unended Quest: An Intellectual Autobiography

Source: Unended Quest: An Intellectual Autobiography

“I think a lot of people have seen me on The Simple Life and think I'm a "spoilt airhead," but I was playing a character. The producers said they wanted Nicole and I just to be crazy and funny and say outlandish things.”

People Thinking Said Character Wanted Simple Crazy Producers Simple Life Being Crazy Nicole Outlandish Spoilt Airheads

Author:Paris Hilton

“The Gong Show was the greatest scam of all time. It was simple: We wanted to do a talent show. There weren't any venues for acts back then. We were gonna have a show of new, fresh, good acts. But we couldn't find any; they were all lousy. So rather than throw away the idea, I said, "Let's reverse it. Let's do lousy acts." Now, is that a scam? I'm telling you.”

Said Ideas Shows Wanted Simple Talent All Time Reverse Venues Scams Gongs Talent Show

Author:Chuck Barris

“In the 18th century, if women wanted to travel and they dressed as a man, people would not look twice. Your clothes said everything. Also there were masters and servants swapping clothes. You could be anything, your clothes told everything!”

People Ifs Men Looks Said Wanted Century Masters Clothes Servant Women Want 18th Century Swapping Masters And Servants

Author:Vivienne Westwood

“I always knew I wanted to be a performer, and my mother started taking me to dance classes when I was five. My mother is a teacher, my father works at an insurance company. When I said I wanted to be a performer, people went, "Yeah, right." You don't do that where I come from.”

People Said Wanted Mother Father Company Class Five Teacher Yeah Performers Insurance Companies Dance Class

Author:Jennifer Lopez

“I always said I never wanted to write about love, but then I went and did that anyway.”

Writing Said Wanted

Author:Amy Winehouse

“It was one of those times when you can feel the air in a room. Everything stood still. I can remember the T-shirt I was wearing and the bag I was carrying. I don't think I breathed for 15 minutes. It was a devastating moment. They said they wanted me to experience more things. OK. I began contemplating things. Maybe I should take LSD or become a hooker. I left Juilliard and was just meandering and drifting for a while. Thank God I had support from my family and close friends. Bad times.”

“It's been said that if NASA wanted to go to the moon again, it would have to start from scratch, having lost not the data, but the human expertise that took it there the last time.”

Ifs Humans Said Wanted Lasts Lost Moon Data Last Time Scratches Expertise Nasa

Book:The Social Life of Information: Updated, with a New Preface

Source: The Social Life of Information: Updated, with a New Preface

“I want to retire in New York, let's be quite frank. I think a lot of people jumped the gun when I said I wanted to be a free agent. And yeah, I want people to come to play in New York. I want them to want to play in New York. I want New York to be that place where guys want to come play.”

People Thinking Want Said Play Wanted Guy New York Gun Yeah Agents Retiring Frank Free Agents

Author:Carmelo Anthony

“A few months ago I was visiting my mother, and she said that as a child I had always wanted to learn everything, and that it took me a long time to realize that you couldn't learn everything. I got really angry, and I shouted "I'm not done yet!"”

Children Long Said Done Wanted Mother Realizing Months Long Time Angry Visiting

Author:Mark Jason Dominus

“There is no accounting for tastes, as the woman said when someone told her her son was wanted by the police.”

Life Said Wanted Success Son Taste Police Accounting

Author:Franklin P. Adams

“Joe Biden went to Brazil in an effort to try and repair America's relationship with their government. Biden said, 'It's great to be here in the Amazon. I've always wanted to see where all the books come from.'”

Trying Said Book Government Wanted America Effort Amazon Brazil Biden

Author:Jimmy Fallon

“I just wanted to make a million dollars. But I couldn't sing and I couldn't play ball, so I said to my mother, 'How am I going to make a million dollars?' And she said to me, 'Son, if you believe you can do it, you will.'”

Ifs Believe Said Play Wanted Mother Can Do Millions Son Balls Dollars You Can Do It If You Believe Million Dollars Believe You Can

Author:Chris Gardner

“Stan Lee always wanted to do another syndicated strip while we were doing Spider-Man. I was working two jobs, and he wanted to make time to do another strip. He wanted to do a humor strip. I said, 'Stan, I barely make it through the week now. How the hell am I going to do another strip?' He said, 'Oh, I'm sorry, I always forget it takes you longer to do a page than it takes me to do twenty pages.'”

Men Said Two Book Wanted Jobs Forget Hell Week Pages Twenties Sorry Comic Take Me Comic Book I'm Sorry Spiders Forget It Making Time Spider Man Two Jobs

Author:John Romita, Sr.

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