“I don't want to be a Hollywood star. I just want to do my job and enjoy it. My aim is to find my true identity and to remain true to myself.” WantJobsStarsEnjoyIdentityHollywoodAimTrue To MyselfTrue IdentityHollywood Stars Author:Eva Green
“Kiefer Sutherland is a crazy jerk on '24,' but you love him because he gets the job done. And I think that that goes for a lot of action stars, I mean Steven Segal is a jerk, but you want to watch him because, eventually, he's a jerk who can beat up bad people.” PeopleThinkingWantMeanDoneActionJobsStarsWatchesCrazyBeatsBad PeopleJerkGet The Job Done Author:Paul Scheer
“It's different as a guest as opposed to being a star of a series. A guest star is a whole different responsibility. It's much different than being a regular. You come in, and it's a lot of unfamiliar faces, and you want to try to fit in as best you can, but also you want to stay there without making waves.” WantTryingDifferentWholeFacesStarsResponsibilityFitSeriesWaveGuestsUnfamiliarGuest Stars Author:Donnie Wahlberg
“There's good action stars. I'm a bad-guy action star. What disappoints me is when you all of a sudden you get a good action star and then he wants to play a comedy with kids, you know? That upsets me, and that's not being true to your fans.” KnowsWantPlayKidsActionGuyStarsComedyFansBeing TrueUpsetBad GuysDisappointGood Actions Author:Vinnie Jones
“What I really want is a commercial hit. If youre in a hit, youre suddenly a star, whether you acted well or not.” IfsWantWellsStars Author:Tanya Roberts
“Comedians get jokes offered to them, rock stars get women and underwear thrown onstage, and I get guys that want to take me fishing.” WantGuyStarsRocksJokesComedianThrownFishingTake MeRock StarUnderwear Author:Les Claypool
“I was fanatically ambitious. All I ever wanted was to be a star. I didnt want to be a singer. I didnt want to be an actress. I wanted to be a star.” WantWantedStarsActressesSingersAmbitious Author:Polly Bergen
“I have stopped sleeping inside. A house is too small, too confining. I want the whole world, and the stars too.” WorldWantWholeHouseStarsSleepWhole World Book:A Country Year: Living the Questions Source: A Country Year: Living the Questions
“Everywhere I go I meet girls and boys who want to be astronauts and explore space, or they love the ocean and want to be oceanographers, or they love animals and want to be zoologists, or they love designing things and want to be engineers. I want to see those same stars in their eyes in 10 years and know they are on their way!” KnowsWayWantYearsEyeGirlStarsSpaceAnimalBoysDesignOceanEngineersAstronautAnimal LoveBoy And GirlZoologist Author:Sally Ride
“I would want my children to grow up and do what they wish to in a field that they choose to step in. They should not have to use the shadow of their father's name. I think that is a bit of a downer for a movie star's children.” ThinkingWantShouldChildrenUseFatherNamesWishStarsGrowsBitsStepsGrowing UpFieldsShadowMy ChildrenMovie StarDowners Author:Shahrukh Khan
“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
“If you want to be a rock star or just be famous, then run down the street naked, you'll make the news or something. But if you want music to be your livelihood, then play, play, play and play! And eventually you'll get to where you want to be.” IfsWantPlayRunningStarsStreetsRocksFameNewsNakedRock StarLivelihood Author:Eddie Van Halen
“It's funny, when bands or younger musicians ask me: 'So, what does it take to make it?' Well, first explain to me what you mean by 'making it': Do you want to be a rock star or do you want music to be your livelihood?” WantFirstsWellsMeanDoeAsksStarsRocksBandMusicianAsk MeRock N RollRock StarLivelihood Author:Eddie Van Halen
“There's no difference between a tacky Jew from Miami and a rap star. They both want the Cadillac and the Rolex with the diamonds.” WantStarsDifferencesJewRapDiamondMiamiCadillacsTackyRolex Author:Brett Ratner
“There are more fake guides, teachers in the world than stars. The real guide is the one who makes you see your inner beauty, not the one who wants to be admired and followed.” WorldWantRealStarsTeacherGuidesFakeInner Beauty Author:Shams Tabrizi
“We can't all be stars; we can't all be leaders. We are all God's creatures, living life, and we have that God light in us and we're supposed to let it shine. And not everybody wants to be like me and stick their neck out to get up on stage and perform. There are those like me, but there are also those that are of a shyer nature. And they're smarter than most of us that are out there showing our asses.” WantLightStarsLeaderStageCreaturesShiningSticksLike MeAssGet UpLive LifeNecksSmarter Author:Dolly Parton
“The action star's life is very short. Back in Asia, I can do whatever I want to do. I'm the producer, I'm the director, I can do so many things, but in Hollywood any time I present a script they say: "No, no, no, Rush Hour 3, Rush Hour 4."” WantI CanActionLife IsStarsCan DoHoursDirectorsHollywoodScriptsProducersAsiaRush Hour Author:Jackie Chan
“The town is silent. The night boils with eleven stars. Oh starry starry night! This is how I want to die.” WantNightDiesStarsTownsSilentElevenWanting To DieI Want To DieStarry Night Book:Selected Poems of Anne Sexton Source: Selected Poems of Anne Sexton
“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
“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
“I always had hopes of being a big star. But as you get older, you aim a little lower. Everybody wants to make an impression, some mark upon the world. Then you think, you've made a mark on the world if you just get through it, and a few people remember your name. Then you've left a mark. You don't have to bend the whole world. I think it's better to just enjoy it. Pay your dues, and just enjoy it. If you shoot a arrow and it goes real high, hooray for you.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWantLittlesMadeRealWholeBigsRememberNamesLeftStarsEnjoyPayMarkAimDuesImpressionWhole WorldArrows Author:Dorian Corey
“The last thing you want to do is go down in the history of All-Star game competition as the only injury (his nose was broken by Roberto Hernandez) sustained during the team picture.” WantLastsGamesStarsTeamBrokenCompetitionNosesInjuryAll Stars Author:Cal Ripken, Jr.
“Quite frankly, I didn't become an actor to become a movie star. I have never dreamed about being the most famous person on the planet. I just want to do really good work.” WantPersonsActorsStarsPlanetsGood WorkMovie Star Author:Anne Hathaway
“It is very difficult for any couple who are married if both people are ambitious. I don't know if it's just too hard to be married to a woman that wants to be a movie star.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantHardStarsDifficultCoupleMarriedAmbitiousMovie StarBeing Married Author:Ethan Hawke
“I always wear beige, black or white. For one thing I look good in them. For another, when I'm beside a star at a fitting, and she looks into the mirror, I don't want to be competing in any way.” WayWantLooksStarsBlackWhiteOne ThingMirrorsCompetingFittingBlack Or White Author:Edith Head
“I'm not looking to be the greatest pop star of all time. I want to be an artist. I want to influence people and I want to get people to think about the world, to think and talk to each other and connect. To challenge one another.” PeopleThinkingWorldWantArtistStarsChallengesInfluencePopsAll TimePop StarsInfluencing People Author:Jillian Hervey
“I feel like pop stars can't be rock stars anymore because they have to be role models, and it takes the fun out of it for us, because we just want to have fun with art.” WantFeelsArtFunStarsRolesRocksModelsPopsHaving FunRole ModelsRock StarPop StarsJust Want To Have Fun Author:Rihanna
“I'm a professional singer. I have a theory that all actors want to be rock stars, and all rock stars want to be actors. I spent my whole school life forming boy bands.” WantWholeSchoolActorsStarsBoysRocksTheoryBandSingersRock StarSchool LifeBoy Bands Author:James Corden
“If you're a movie star, the studios don't want you to act. They just want you to show up and look good and chase girls and have a lot of laughs.” IfsWantLooksShowsGirlStarsLaughingStudiosMovie Star Author:William Friedkin
“I just want to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, so that when I'm long gone my great-great-grandchildren can walk up to it and say, "That's my ancestor." That will be my legacy.” WantLongStarsWalksGoneFameHollywoodLegacyAncestorGrandchildrenGreat Grandchildren Author:Tracy Morgan
“My son is a great kid and does super well in school. I couldn't be prouder of him. What I tell him is, 'You don't want to just be known for being the son of a rich rock 'n' roll star.' I've seen a lot of kids like that. I want him to be happy, work hard and create his own thing. I tell him, 'You're not gonna be one of these kids up on stage playing with me. If you wanna have hits - write your own. Then we can play together.'” IfsWantWritingWellsDoeHardPlayKidsSchoolTogetherStarsKnownRichRocksStageSonHard WorkMy SonRock N RollWant HimWrite Your Own Author:Kid Rock
“I used to live in Los Angeles, but I didn't want my kids to grow up in the thick of the obsession with movie-making. There's a lot of sensationalism and superficiality. I wanted to take my kids out of that and raise 'em up elsewhere, and I wanted to stop being preoccupied with whether my star is on the rise or the descent. I can't imagine having a much greater life, and I don't want to be preoccupied with things that don't matter. But of course, ironically, my two oldest daughters have decided that they're going to be actresses.” WantI CanTwoMatterKidsWantedUsedCoursesStarsGrowsGrowing UpGreaterImagineDaughterDecidedRaisesActressesObsessionEmsLos AngelesThickElsewhereDescentSuperficialityMovie MakingSensationalism Author:Woody Harrelson
“I don't want to see pictures of Hollywood stars in their dressing gowns taking out the rubbish. It ruins the fantasy.” WantArtStarsFantasyHollywoodRuinsDressingsRubbishGownsHollywood Stars Author:Sarah Brightman
“I'm not a star, I hate that word, and I'm an entertainer. Stars fall, you know, I'm an entertainer. I want to be known as an entertainer.” KnowsWantHateFallStarsKnownI HateEntertainers Author:Bernie Mac
“Chances are, the aliens will not want to land on our backyard, or even the White House lawn, with their flying saucers. They may have tiny, robotic self-replicating probes which can reach near light speed and can proliferate around the galaxy. So instead of the Enterprise and huge star ships, the aliens might actually send tiny probes to explore the universe. One might land on our lawn and we won't even know.” KnowsWantMaySelfLightMightUniverseHouseStarsChanceWhiteLandHugeSpeedTinyFlyingShipsAliensEnterpriseWhite HouseGalaxyChances AreLawnsRoboticsBackyardsFlying Saucers Author:Michio Kaku
“The most important thing is being genuine, and real, and not getting caught up in the "Star-Ness" of it. You don't want to act like a star around other people. You have to watch it, and you want to stay grounded, it's very important, and that's probably what I have learned most because you definitely have opportunities to let your ego run wild and you have to keep your ego in check.” PeopleWantImportantRealRunningOpportunityStarsWatchesEgoImportant ThingsCaughtGenuineChecksI Have LearnedCaught UpGrounded Author:Joan Jett
“For one year, I want to do this thing where I guest-star on as many television shows as I possibly can. I love television. The fact that television ultimately made me famous was very gratifying for me.” WantMadeFactsShowsStarsTelevisionGuestsTelevision ShowsGuest Stars Author:Dave Chappelle
“So I went in to a pet shop. I said, "Can I buy a goldfish?" The guy said, "Do you want an aquarium?" I said, "I don't care what star sign it is."” WantSaidHumorCareFunnyGuyStarsDon't CareI Don't CareShopsPetVinesAquariumsGoldfish Author:Tim Vine
“Decide which you want to play up: your clothing or your jewelry, but not both. Let one be the star and one the supporting player.” WantPlayStarsPlayerClothingsJewelry Author:Padma Lakshmi
“I don't want to be a TV star for the sake of being on TV. I want to have a TV show that's based around my comedy.” WantShowsStarsComedyTvsSakeTv Shows Author:Jim Gaffigan
“I personally have no interest in being a star or a celebrity. I want my stand-up comedy and how I think as a comedian to be recognized and successful.” ThinkingWantStarsInterestSuccessfulComedyComedianStand Up Comedy Author:Jim Gaffigan
“I'd sort of acquired somewhat more mature perspective on what my career is and I don't...not anymore...consider fame and fortune my career. I'm not a star. I'm an actor. So in a way, what I want to do as an actor, I would consider good for my career. Does that make sense?” WayWantDoeActorsStarsCareersPerspectiveFameFortuneMake SenseMature Author:Christoph Waltz
“I think every man and woman is a star. It's just a matter of realizing and becoming it. It's all a matter of willpower. The world is just how you see it. If you want to have other people tell you how to see it, then you can. But if you want to look at it differently, then it's limitless what you can do. That's why I don't feel the need to be one person. I can be as many people as I like.” PeopleIfsThinkingMenWorldWantNeedsFeelsLooksPersonsI CanMatterStarsCan DoRealizingVisionBecomingMen And WomenEvery ManWillpowerLimitless Author:Marilyn Manson
“It's weird, man. I've had a weird life, and I don't want to end up on the dole. I'm fed up with the plumbing. And I think it would be good to be a little pop star again.” ThinkingMenWantLittlesEndsWould BeStarsPopsBe GoodFedsFed UpPop StarsPlumbingWeird Life Author:Brian Harvey
“How many new rock stars have come around that have anything to say at all? Guys where you even want to know what they're thinking? Are they thinking? Where did it go astray?” ThinkingKnowsWantGuyStarsRocksRock Star Author:Chris Robinson
“If you want to be an actor and you love acting, you can do it whether you're doing something else or not. You can be connected with community theater or make your own little movies. But, if you want to be a movie star, you've got a tough road ahead of you.” IfsWantLittlesActorsStarsCan DoCommunityActingToughTheaterConnectedYou Can Do ItMovie Star Author:Alan Arkin
“I live in New York now and most of magazines have turned more towards reality stars. So, really I think that's great because it's turned towards people who want it rather than... So, I think it's actually kind of imploding in on itself a little bit.” PeopleThinkingWantKindLittlesRealityStarsBitsNew YorkLittle BitMagazines Author:Kirsten Dunst
“It was this feeling the whole time like I shouldn't be here among all these stars and professionals. I was trying to keep my distance because I wanted to watch everyone. But they want you to feel at home and be part of it, and it became normal very quickly.” WantFeelsTryingWholeFeelingsHomeWantedStarsWatchesNormalDistance Author:Evanna Lynch