“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 wanted to write songs which I think is a different thing. I wanted to write music that is informed by folk music. The chord progressions are obvious references.” ThinkingWritingDifferentWantedSongFolksObviousDifferent ThingsChordsProgressionFolk Music Author:Joanna Newsom
“I've always wanted to make a career in the arts, and I think that my only hope at doing that is to make it more about the work.” ThinkingArtWantedCareers Author:Frank Ocean
“Thankfully, I was able to go to Marquette University and get my education, a Catholic education, so I could please my family, because I think they wanted me to be a priest.” ThinkingAbleWantedPleaseMy FamilyCatholicUniversityPriestsCatholic Education Author:Danny Pudi
“I grew up in Middle America and I don't think my family was very funny, but I watched 'The Princess Bride.' I always wanted to be an actor. I didn't know anything about it. I'd never seen any plays or anything and I watched that movie over and over and over again.” ThinkingKnowsPlayWantedAmericaActorsMiddleGrewGrew UpMy FamilyPrincessBridesPrincess BrideMiddle America Author:Missi Pyle
“I was constantly, always and forever, trying to perform the musical 'Annie' for anyone who would listen, and I have a terrible singing voice. It was the first thing that made me think I wanted to be an actress.” ThinkingTryingFirstsMadeWantedVoiceForeverTerribleSingingMusicalActressesAnnieAlways And Forever Author:Sarah Paulson
“Twenty years ago I wanted to move to a nice place so our Charley would grow up a nice boy and learn a profession. But instead we live in a jungle, so he can only be a wild animal. D'you think I picked the East Side like Columbus picked America?” ThinkingYearsChildrenWantedAmericaMovingGrowsSidesAnimalBoysGrowing UpNiceYears AgoTwentiesEastProfessionJungleColumbusWild AnimalEast Side Author:Abraham Polonsky
“When I was little, I think that I wanted Superman to be my boyfriend.” ThinkingLittlesWantedMy Boyfriend Author:Pauley Perrette
“I'm not saying standardized tests are the worst ever, but there's an in-between and I don't think we're there yet. That's what I mean when I say I have an issue with it. There's no way a kid can learn in a class with 40 to 45 people. I had the power to get out of that system and pursue things that I wanted to do and I did that.” PeopleThinkingWayMeanKidsWantedClassIssuesWorstTestsPursue Author:Ashley Rickards
“I think even before I knew I wanted to be a rapper, I wanted to be an entertainer. I was really into Michael Jackson as a kid.” ThinkingKidsWantedRapperEntertainers Author:Chance the Rapper
“Well, I think probably when I first got in the business, I wasn't thinking of being strictly a character actor. But I knew I wanted to be a working actor, and as the years have gone on, I just naturally evolved into that. Because, y'know, I'm not a leading guy. Never was.” ThinkingKnowsYearsFirstsWellsCharacterWantedGuyActorsGoneCharacter Actors Author:Stephen Root
“I don't think there was a particular book that made me want to write. They all did. I always wanted to write.” ThinkingWantWritingMadeBookWantedParticular Author:Elizabeth Strout
“I did think there were one or two referees who had a personal thing against me. It wasn't them versus Celtic - it was them against me! I just think they wanted to take me on.” ThinkingTwoWantedTake MeVersusCelticRefereePersonal Things Author:Gordon Strachan
“In the last few years, losing my father, going through a divorce and not getting some jobs I really wanted, is making me a much more interesting person, I think. This all really does feel like a rebirth, a new chapter.” ThinkingFeelsYearsPersonsDoeWantedJobsLastsFatherInterestingLosingDivorceChaptersRebirthGoing Through Divorce Author:John Stamos
“I think from the age of thirteen, I really wanted to be a producer and I've always thought that the producer was the top of the tree.” ThinkingAgeWantedTreeProducersThirteen Author:Jeff Lynne
“I've always wanted to make 'Swamp Thing.' I like 'Swamp Thing.' I think it's a good idea, and I thought it would be a good venue for a 3-D movie, but there were rights issues with 'Swamp Thing.'” ThinkingIdeasWould BeWantedIssuesRightsGood IdeasVenuesSwamps Author:Joel Silver
“I've always wanted to go to Timbuktu. First of all I think it has the best name of anywhere in the world.” ThinkingWorldFirstsWantedNamesTimbuktu Author:David Tang
“Oddly enough, I think that everybody can relate to revenge, on some level. Everyone has wanted to exact it, at some point, and everybody has tampered with the idea, even if they didn't actually go through with it.” IfsThinkingIdeasEnoughWantedLevelsRevengeRelateExacting Revenge Author:Emily VanCamp
“I was thinking about what I wanted to write next, after my first novel, and had decided that I wanted to write a story with a lot of strong female characters in it.” ThinkingWritingFirstsCharacterStoriesWantedNextStrongNovelFemaleDecidedFemale CharactersStrong Female CharactersStrong Female Author:Joan D. Vinge
“I wanted to try marathon running, but something always came up: I had a baby and a C-section or I got injured or I just didn't think I could run that far.” ThinkingTryingRunningWantedBabySectionsMarathonInjuredMarathon Running Author:Veronica Webb
“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'm a single child. I wanted a little brother or a little sister growing up, but when I think about it, I'm happy I'm an only child.” ThinkingChildrenLittlesWantedGrowing UpGrowingBrotherOnly ChildLittle SisterLittle BrotherSingle Child Author:Mae Whitman
“Black, white, yellow, brown - we wanted somebody who would do right by us. And I think because Obama was that person, whether he was black or white, he was chosen” ThinkingPersonsWantedBlackWhiteChosenBrownYellowBlack Or WhiteBlack White Author:Will Ferrell
“There's also something happening in television similar to what happened in the '80s, when people stopped taking so many drugs and wanted to hear real instruments in music again. I think people want plot, story and characters. Those are more important than having a big star.” PeopleThinkingWantImportantRealCharacterStoriesBigsWantedStarsHappenedTelevisionDrugHappeningsInstrumentsPlot80s Author:Jessica Pare
“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 never really had that father figure to look up to. I think that's the reason I'm so ambitious. I felt like I wasn't appreciated as a child so I wanted to prove my worth as an adult, as an actor.” ThinkingLooksChildrenReasonWantedActorsFatherFeltFiguresProveAdultsLook UpAmbitiousAppreciatedFather Figure Author:Jesse Metcalfe
“Also, to be honest, my dad wanted me to be an athlete. And I think all sons want to prove something to their dad. So now, aged 35, I want to see what I can achieve physically.” ThinkingWantI CanWantedAchieveHonestSonDadProveMy DadAthleteBeing Honest Author:Joe Manganiello
“And if I'm honest about it, I was obsessed with Nirvana and Pearl Jam. This is like '92, right in the throes of Soundgarden and Pearl Jam and Nirvana. I think I probably wanted to be Kurt Cobain.” IfsThinkingWantedHonestObsessedPearlsJamCobainPearl Jam Author:St. Vincent