“If I wanted to pitch that bad, I probably would. But I don't think I'm in that stage.” IfsThinkingWantedStage Author:Pedro Martinez
“I never wanted to design clothes. I never wanted to work for the fashion industry. Shoes sort of belong to the fashion industry, which is why I'm part of the fashion industry. But that's never been my thought. My thought since I was a child was really to design those shoes for girls on stage.” ChildrenWantedGirlStageFashionDesignIndustryClothesShoesMy ThoughtsFashion Industry Author:Christian Louboutin
“The only thing I wanted to do when I was a young naive kid was to become a New York stage actor.” KidsWantedYoungActorsStageNew YorkNaiveStage Actors Author:Oliver Platt
“I wanted to write songs that would play themselves on stage, songs that sweep you through their current.” WritingPlayWantedSongStageCurrents Author:K. D. Lang
“Acting is something that I always wanted, but I never paid attention to the notion that it might actually work out. You have all sorts of ideas about what you want to do - at one stage, I wanted to be a jockey - but this is the one that's a big deal.” WantIdeasBigsMightWantedDealsActingAttentionStagePaidNotionWork OutWhat You WantBig DealJockeys Author:Olivia Thirlby
“I wanted to be a stage actor but I got stuck on television. It took a couple of years to get used to.” YearsWantedUsedActorsStageTelevisionCoupleStuckStage Actors Author:Kevin Whately
“From a very young age, I wanted to get up on stage whenever I went to the theatre - the actors just seemed to be having so much fun. One of my worries about theatre, in fact, is that the actors are quite often having more fun than the audience.” FactsAgeWantedYoungActorsFunWorryAudienceStageTheatreGet UpYoung Age Author:Olivia Williams
“My biggest regret is that my mother didn't see me walk on to that London Palladium stage, being the star she always wanted me to be. But I always say that when she reached Heaven, she had a word with a few agents.” WantedMotherHeavenStarsWalksStageRegretLondonAgents Author:Bruce Forsyth
“First, I wanted to be Chris Farley. When I was growing up, Chris Farley was still on the stages and fun to us. In my house, John Belushi was king. I didn't grow up when he was - I was born in '78 - the reruns of Belushi in 'Animal House,' and knowing he was at Second City, he was viewed as a king in my house.” FirstsStillsWantedHouseFunGrowsBornAnimalCitiesGrowing UpKnowingGrowingStageKingsRerunsSecond City Author:Jake M. Johnson
“All I ever wanted to do was be on stage, if possible acting in Shakespeare. And to be as good as I could be.” IfsWorldWantedFilmFoundInterestActingFantasyStageTvsTrainingConvincedBackgroundsSci FiLarger Than Life Author:Patrick Stewart
“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.” MenSaidPlayFactsWantedSchoolFatherLeftStageFootballFoolAssPro Football Author:Bill Cosby
“I've always wanted to be in musicals, not just in film, but on stage. I think it's a wonderful medium.” ThinkingWantedFilmWonderfulStageMediums Author:James Corden
“It's funny when you write a song - it's easy for me now - but there's almost a second stage where you take control of the song. You start writing it, and if you're not careful, it just finishes itself and it might not be what you wanted. It's very strange, it takes over itself. It has its own life.” IfsWritingMightWantedSongEasyStageStrangeCarefulOver ItTake Control Author:Kate Bush
“I absolutely love what I do. And I want to dance for as long as I can and feel good about what I'm putting out there on the stage. But my goal has always been to be a principal dancer with ABT. Before I knew that there had never been a black woman, that was always my goal. I wanted to dance Odette-Odile and Kitri and "Don Quixote" and Aurora in "Sleeping Beauty." So that's still my goal. But knowing that it's never been done before, I think makes me fight even harder.” ThinkingWantFeelsLongStillsI CanDoneWantedFightingGoalBlackSleepKnowingStageHarderFeel GoodDancerPrincipalBlack WomenSleeping BeautyAurora Author:Misty Copeland
“When I saw the rough cuts of ‘The Village of Peace,’ I was immediately intrigued and wanted to share this story on the global stage.” StoriesWantedSawsCuttingShareStageRoughVillageIntrigued Author:Amar'e Stoudemire
“the explanation of the ebb and flow of the women's movement ... is partly psychological. During those early post-war years when successes came thick and fast and were almost thrust upon us, the nation was still under the influence of the reconstruction spirit, when everything seemed possible ... A few years later the nation had reached the stage which follows a drinking bout. It was feeling ruefully in its empty pockets. It did not want to part with anything to anybody. Its head ached. Noble sentiments made it feel sick. It wanted only to be left alone.” WantFeelsYearsMadeStillsWarFeelingsWantedSpiritPoliticsLeftNationsFeminismInfluenceStageMovementFlowEmptySickDrinkingNoblePsychologicalMade ItPostsExplanationPocketsSentimentsThickThrustLeft AloneReconstructionEbb And FlowPost WarEmpty Pockets Author:Eleanor Rathbone
“I wanted to be a stage actress. I wanted to be a New York actress and have a community with other actors. I didn't want to get famous; I always thought getting famous was a drag on you.” WantWantedActorsCommunityStageNew YorkActressesDrag Author:Lily Tomlin
“Acting has been my passion from the minute I started. I was pretty young when I wanted to be a doctor, but when I started doing theater work as a freshman in high school, the first time I hit the stage I was like, If I can do this every day, life won't get any better!” IfsFirstsHas BeensI CanWantedSchoolYoungPassionCan DoActingMinutesStageHigh SchoolFirst TimeDoctorsTheaterMy PassionFreshmanDay LifeI Can Do This Author:Sophia Bush
“When I moved to New York out of college, that was my goal. To be a stage actress. And to do dramatic works. Like Madea, and Night, Mother, and Sam Shepard, and all that kind of stuff. Thats what I really wanted to do.” KindWantedMotherNightStuffGoalStageNew YorkCollegeMovedActressesDramaticMother NightMadea Author:Rachael Harris
“I was excited to play Lil' Kim and I wanted to do the role justice. I worked really hard on that role, whether it was performing the rhymes, studying the dialect, her swagger and her stage performances. I wanted people to see my range and stretch my wings as an actress.” PeopleHardPlayWantedJusticeRolesStudyStagePerformancesWingsExcitedActressesRangePerformingRhymeKimSwaggerDialectStage PerformanceLil Kim Author:Naturi Naughton
“I've played the violin since I was seven but stopped because there was a stage when it became 'uncool'. I was listening to Nirvana and wanted to play the guitar, so I ditched the violin.” PlayWantedStageListeningSevenGuitarViolinUncool Author:Emun Elliott
“I got a note from the stage manager one night that someone wanted to meet me. And it was Steven Spielberg.” WantedNightStageNotesManagersOne NightStage Managers Author:Corey Reynolds
“I've studied theater since high school. Of course, it's a different story altogether being on Broadway, but it's still theater, and you have to be in front of a live audience, and that's very exciting. It's something I've definitely wanted to do, but I got involved in movies and television, and then it became a luxury to get back on the stage.” StillsDifferentStoriesWantedSchoolCoursesAudienceStageFrontsTelevisionInvolvedHigh SchoolExcitingTheaterLuxuryGet BackBroadway Author:Dennis Haysbert
“I felt that I didn't want to be in show business anymore. I felt that I wanted to be a farmer. I was milking cows and shoveling terrible stuff and working all day. By the end of the day, all I wanted was my tap shoes - I thought, 'What am I doing? I better get back where I belong on the stage where we work at night and can sleep late!” WantEndsShowsMotivationalWantedNightFeltStuffSleepStageTerribleLateDanceShoesThe End Of The DayGet BackFarmersCowsShow BusinessSleep LateMilking Cows Author:Gregory Hines
“Theatre was an art form that I didn't really respect, and because I wanted to shake it up and do different things on stage, I was able to combine all the things I'd learnt through writing on my own.” WritingArtDifferentAbleWantedFormMy OwnStageTheatreShakesDifferent ThingsShake It Up Author:Martin McDonagh
“I wanted to be a ballerina as a child - I had a tutu, and I used to stage my own ballets in our front room with my family as the audience.” ChildrenWantedUsedMy OwnRoomsAudienceStageFrontsMy FamilyBallerina Author:Lucy Hawking
“One of the reasons I moved away from painting was because I eventually discovered that I wanted to deal more with motion, time, and performance - and that became a much bigger part of my life both as an actor and as a musician and someone who goes on stage and travels around the world and works on productions.” WorldReasonWantedActorsDealsStagePaintingGoes OnMusicianPerformancesBiggerMovedProductionsAround The World Author:Jared Leto
“As things grew for me I felt like I was losing myself and wanted to stay true to myself as well. I didn't want to lose any connection I had with the audience. I felt small on a big stage and I felt like I was peaking generically to an audience.” WantWellsBigsWantedFeltLosesAudienceStageGrewLosingConnectionsStay TrueTrue To MyselfLosing MyselfPeaking Author:Jason Mraz
“I'm always in this shape, that shape, whatever shape you like the most. I am always in various stages of shapes. If the woman needs to be more soft I'll gain weight and then I'll lose weight for another film that I did where I wanted her to be more wiry. I enjoy using my body as something that helps me get to a character.” IfsNeedsCharacterHelpingBodyWantedFilmEnjoyLosesStageShapesGainsWeightVariousHelp MeLose Weight Author:Sandra Bullock
“I knew I wanted to be in comedy but the path of least resistance was doing stand-up in folk music clubs where I could get on stage. I guess you could get up no matter how bad you were and you didn't have to audition. You just got up. Everything else required an audition and if you auditioned for a TV show, you would stand in line with a hundred other people. But at the clubs, it was okay just to get up, so that's why I started in stand-up.” PeopleIfsMatterShowsWantedLinesPathComedyStageTvsHundredOkayFolksClubsResistanceGet UpTv ShowsAuditionsFolk MusicPath Of Least Resistance Author:Steve Martin
“It seemed fun to play a villain on stage and I wanted my jokes to be so good that I could just calmly tell them on stage.” PlayWantedFunStageJokesVillain Author:Anthony Jeselnik
“I went through various stages in my childhood, as we all do, various stages of obsessions with people and things. And I did. I wanted to be the first white Harlem Globetrotter.” PeopleFirstsWantedWhiteChildhoodStageVariousObsessionHarlemGlobetrotters Author:Johnny Depp
“The truth is, whoever I've dated, if I've ever wanted to talk about them on stage, I've asked them first, and I've gotten their permission to tell a story or talk about them before I do it.” IfsFirstsStoriesWantedStageTruth IsPermission Author:Amy Schumer
“I never wanted to be in movies. In a sense, I'm still a failure because I wanted to be a star on the stage.” StillsWantedStarsStage Author:Kirk Douglas
“I knew already when I was seven years old, that I wanted to be on stage and entertain people. I sell laughs. Here, you got one for free!” PeopleYearsWantedLaughingStageSellsSevenSeven Years Author:David Lee Roth
“I always wanted to be someone in the entertainment industry. In my eighth grade slideshow, when everyone was like "show us what you want to be," everyone [said] doctor, lawyer, [but] mine literally said rapper. I wanted to be a musician, I wanted to be a superstar, I wanted to be on stage, I wanted to perform, I wanted to be in movies. But as you grow up, those dreams kind of fade away.” WantKindSaidShowsDreamWantedGrowsGrowing UpStageMinesIndustryMusicianDoctorsEntertainmentWhat You WantLawyerGradesRapperFadesSuperstarFade AwayEntertainment IndustryEighth Grade Author:Lilly Singh
“From the writing stage, I had envisioned a film that would be bright and light, even if the movie addresses adolescent unrest and self-destructive behavior. Talking about adolescence, I wanted to make a very musical film that was also a love story with a sensorial, sensual dimension and which had a strong emotional impact.” IfsWritingSelfStoriesLightWould BeWantedFilmStrongTalkingStageEmotionalBehaviorImpactMusicalLove StorySensualDimensionsAddressesDestructiveAdolescenceSelf DestructiveUnrestSelf Destructive BehaviorStrong EmotionalDestructive Behavior Author:Alante Kavaite
“I wanted to write a horror story. But in some ways, I have always thought of myself as a kind of ghost-story/horror writer, though most of the time the supernatural never actually appears on stage.” WayWritingKindStoriesWantedStageHorrorGhostGhost StoriesHorror Stories Author:Dan Chaon
“It took me so long to get to the music, where that was what I wanted to do all my life. It took me so long to realise that it wasn't really movies that I wanted to do, but to be on stage singing.” LongWantedStageSingingRealising Author:Lou Doillon
“I really wanted to go back to the theater, the live theater. That was the thing I had never had a chance to do, even though I had trained to be a stage actress.” WantedChanceStageTheaterActressesLive Theater Author:Angela Lansbury
“I wanted to enjoy the process. I wanted to enjoy just being on stage and giving back and the feedback.” GivingWantedProcessEnjoyStageJust BeingFeedbackGiving Back Author:John Leguizamo
“I've had a long association with the theater over the years but I had never produced a play and it was something that I'd always wanted to do.The movies moved away from dramas, and I think that I'm very excited by the opportunity to take smart writing that takes risks and see it on stage. It's exciting to see that engagement between the audience and the playwright.” ThinkingWritingYearsLongPlayWantedOpportunityAudienceRiskStageDramaSmartExcitingTheaterMovedExcitedEngagementAssociationPlaywright Author:Colin Callender
“The camera course was a bit crap. But when I was in drama school, I wasn't interested. I wanted to be a stage actress. I was not interested in learning camera craft. But then you throw yourself in the deep end when you do get a job in front of the camera because you have absolutely no idea what you're doing, and it is a skill.” IdeasEndsWantedSchoolJobsCoursesBitsStageFrontsDramaSkillsCamerasActressesCraftsNo IdeaNot InterestedCrap Author:Phoebe Fox
“We have heard projects with some of the writers, who we've been in business with for a long time at the studio, that we've heard as a studio - often, pitches that are still in their formation stage where we or the writers have wanted our input on developing them. We've probably heard more pitches with the network hat on. Certainly all of the outside pitches are that way, and many of the pitches that have been in great shape coming out of the studio we've heard from a network perspective.” WayLongHas BeensStillsWantedHeardStagePerspectiveShapesProjectsLong TimeStudiosDevelopingHatsComing OutFormationInput Author:Gary Numan
“For 25 or 30 years I never had an assignment. These were all stories I wanted to do myself. So they were always about somebody I like, 'cause if I didn't like him, I just didn't do the story. And to have somebody else paying the bills for this tourism, to every corner of every stage, over and over again? Why, who wouldn't want a job like that?” IfsWantYearsStoriesWantedJobsCausesStageBillsCornersTourismAssignments Author:Charles Kuralt
“For a long time I didn't know what I wanted or what I loved to do. Friends had that blessing and I remember thinking when I would have my turn. Then, in 9th Grade I sort of fell into playing Danny Zuko randomly in that years GREASE themed portion of the dance show. The moment I hit the stage I think something in me knew. Even in rehearsals. I'd fallen in Love.” ThinkingKnowsYearsLongMomentsShowsWantedRememberTurnsStageBlessingLong TimeFallenGradesPortionsRehearsalGrease Author:E.J. Bonilla
“I always wanted to know, and I always used to daydream, about what it would be like to stand on a really big stage and sing songs for a lot of people, songs that I had written... Daydreaming was kind of my No. 1 thing when I was little, because I didn't have much of a social life going on.” PeopleKnowsKindLittlesBigsWould BeWantedUsedSongSocialWrittenStageDaydreamingSocial LifeLife Going On Author:Taylor Swift
“I guess it would be if I wanted to, just lay back and predominantly write songs when I can't go on a stage anymore.” IfsWritingI CanWould BeWantedSongStageGoes OnLays Author:Jimi Hendrix
“I never wanted to go longer than five years off the stage. Not necessarily musicals, but just doing a play or something.” YearsPlayWantedFiveStageFive Years Author:Hugh Jackman
“When I was little - like in preschool - I was very shy, but whenever I went on stage I just exploded. Ever since then I knew that this was what I wanted to do. Music has always been a part of me, music is my passion.” LittlesWantedPassionStageMusic IsShyMy PassionPreschoolMusic Is My Passion Author:Manika