“I admire many actors, though I don't think there's anyone whose career I would want to mirror sort of by the beats. What I'm really looking to do is constantly defy expectations. I'm very curious to see if you can actually have a character actor and a movie star's career combined.” IfsThinkingWantCharacterActorsStarsCareersBeatsExpectationsMirrorsAdmireCuriousMovie StarCharacter Actors Author:David Oyelowo
“Some artists will tell you that's all they want to do is write their own music, and that's great, but George Strait, Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, Garth Brooks, they didn't write everything they recorded, and they've had major, major careers. I think it's all about the best song.” ThinkingWantWritingArtistSongCareersMajorsBrooksKenny Author:Jake Owen
“I think the tricky balance, the most important thing more than the horror is to have a compelling story, compelling drama, a show about great characters that you care about and you want to come back every week to see what they're up to.” ThinkingWantImportantCharacterStoriesShowsCareWeekBalanceDramaHorrorImportant ThingsCompellingTrickyGreat Character Author:Oren Peli
“I think that people will always want music; I think that the form that they will get it in, or distributed to them from, and the price they pay for it is what's up in question.” PeopleThinkingWantFormPay Author:Ronald Perelman
“I think children in general have a very hard time - at least I did - expressing any pain because I didn't want to hurt the people that I loved.” PeopleThinkingWantChildrenHardPainHurtHard Times Author:Aleksa Palladino
“There's not enough money in the world to get me singing 'Because We Want To' again. I wouldn't do it. I think Beyonce Knowles got a couple of million for a private show but I would be happy to turn it down.” ThinkingWorldWantEnoughShowsWould BeTurnsMillionsCoupleSingingBeyonce Author:Billie Piper
“I think my message goes out to the entire spectrum of political parties. I'm supported by the Tea Party, the Conservative Party and the Republican Party. I come from a Democratic world. My world is moderate Democrats, Reagan-type Democrats if you want, the blues or whatever you call them, the Blue Dogs. That's been my world, historically.” IfsThinkingWorldWantPoliticalPartyDogTypeRepublicanMessagesBlueDemocraticDemocratConservativeTeaRepublican PartyPolitical PartiesModeratesSpectrumTea PartyConservative Party Author:Carl Paladino
“I think actors are divided into two groups: one that wants to be an actor to become famous and rich, and the other that wants to be an actor because they have to be. I'm more in the second group.” ThinkingWantTwoActorsRichGroupsDivided Author:Franka Potente
“I think I'm a really good partner and very sensitive to the other person's feelings. I want somebody else to be comfortable, to understand about my job, and if they want to come on a set and see me work, they always can.” IfsThinkingWantPersonsFeelingsJobsComfortablePartnersSensitive Author:Franka Potente
“There are a lot of actors that I really love to watch, actors who I have fun watching - I think Johnny Depp is phenomenal. But I wouldn't want that career as much as I'd like a career like Tom Hanks - he kind of represents the everyman.” ThinkingWantKindActorsFunCareersWatchesHaving FunTomsPhenomenalEveryman Author:Jared Padalecki
“I have a really hard time watching my sister act in anything but especially anything where it's a strong emotion. Whether she's crying or she's angry or she's - whatever emotion she's feeling I actually think that she's feeling it and I want to hug her and make it all better.” ThinkingWantHardFeelingsStrongEmotionCryAngryHard TimesMy SisterHugStrong EmotionsSister Act Author:Kay Panabaker
“For me personally it is because I get an awful amount of success and I don't think I deserve it and then I want to sabotage it.” ThinkingWantAmountDeserveAwfulSabotage Author:Michael Parkinson
“I think I want to move forward. I want to move to Brooklyn and find a business Italian guy to take care of me.” ThinkingWantCareMovingGuyTake CareMoving ForwardItalianBrooklynTake Care Of Me Author:Nicole Polizzi
“I always tell myself that when you're playing a character, pretend they're on trial and you're giving the best witness of their life. You really need to think about every element of the character and represent them properly, as if they were a real person. You want to give 100 percent of what they're worth and what they deserve as people.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantNeedsGivingPersonsRealCharacterElementsPercentDeserveTrialsWitnessReal PersonGive 100 Percent Author:Pauley Perrette
“I think what people are looking for right now is not the kind of pizzazz and pop that perhaps we thought we got in 2008. Certainly, President Obama offered that. What they want now is someone who can work closely with Congress and get things done.” PeopleThinkingWantKindDonePresidentRight NowCongressPopsPresident ObamaThings DonePizzazz Author:Rob Portman
“You actually don't want people thinking your product is cool, because then you're a fad.” PeopleThinkingWantProductsFads Author:Sean Parker
“I know my parents are really proud of me, and they think I've become successful, so that's nice, but there's still so much I want to achieve in my life.” ThinkingKnowsWantStillsParentSuccessfulNiceAchieveProudBecoming SuccessfulProud Of Me Author:Teresa Palmer
“Now everybody thinks that once you do Top Chef, then 13 weeks later you're a chef. Nobody wants to learn to cook anymore.” ThinkingWantWeekCooksChef Author:Wolfgang Puck
“You should learn to be happy with what you have. Besides, the fact that I'm not a huge star has allowed me to pick and choose the roles I want to do, not the ones some person sitting in a studio office thinks I should do.” ThinkingWantShouldPersonsFactsStarsRolesHugeOfficePicksSittingStudios Author:Aidan Quinn
“Even Colin Powell who was everywhere before he became secretary of state, just stopped going out. I think part of it was he didn't want to be viewed suspiciously by the other people in the White House who rarely go anywhere.” PeopleThinkingWantStatesHouseWhiteWhite HouseGoing OutSecretary Author:Sally Quinn
“I'm interested in Scotland now and then, how it's changed. I want to get the reader to think about that by thinking about something from the past. How has society changed, how has policing changed, have we changed philosophically, psychologically, culturally, spiritually?” ThinkingWantPastChangedReaderNow And ThenScotland Author:Ian Rankin
“I think you have a responsibility to the people you're making movies with, and I take that very seriously. I don't want to let up and I don't want to let down.” PeopleThinkingWantResponsibilityLet Down Author:Scott Rudin
“But if you want to be a songwriter-based musician, whether you play punk or rock or country or jazz, whatever, you have to work on your songwriting and you have to work on being able to play in front of people, I think. That performance is how you create the groundwork for a lasting career.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantCountryPlayAbleCareersRocksFrontsMusicianPerformancesJazzLastingSongwritingPunkSongwritersGroundwork Author:Amy Ray
“Obviously I want to support women, and I believe in women, and I think we should support each other, but we shouldn't go into extremes. Some women can get very aggressive towards men, but we need men and love men, so keeping the right balance is the most important thing.” ThinkingMenWantNeedsShouldBelieveImportantI BelieveSupportBalanceAnd LoveImportant ThingsExtremesI Believe InAggressiveSupport Women Author:Anja Rubik
“I think all actors have a similar deal. You want some people who understand. Although it looks great - and is great - there are also shoddy moments when you feel really rotten, and when it's going well, you're not allowed to complain.” PeopleThinkingWantFeelsWellsLooksMomentsActorsDealsComplainingRotten Author:Eddie Redmayne
“Other than the fact that I like a country house, I can't think of anything I'd want to spend my money on.” ThinkingWantI CanCountryFactsHouseCountry Houses Author:Guy Ritchie
“There is no sense in owning the copyright unless you are going to use it. I don't think anyone wants to hold all of this stuff in a vault and not let anybody have it. It's only worth something once it's popular.” ThinkingWantUseStuffCopyrightVaults Author:Hilary Rosen
“I think cinema should provoke thoughts, sure, but using it as I soapbox I think is the wrong place. I never want to be part of something like that, where there's an agenda there that's not about telling a story, where its someone getting on a soapbox and preaching their own beliefs onto somebody.” ThinkingWantShouldStoriesBeliefCinemaAgendasPreachingProvokingSoapbox Author:Jeremy Renner
“I can't actually think of a job where I was relaxed the whole time. I don't think I would want to do that job. When I break into a cold sweat when I'm reading, I think, 'Oh good. That's what's supposed to be happening.” ThinkingWantI CanWholeJobsReadingBreakColdHappeningsSupposed To BeSweatRelaxed Author:Lily Rabe
“In my Olympic history I don't think I have achieved my potential as an athlete. That's what I want when I look back at my career. I want to be able to say I gave it my best shot.” ThinkingWantLooksAbleCareersShotsAthleteBest Shot Author:Paula Radcliffe
“I want young people to see me and think you can be feminine and smart and successful, all at the same time.” PeopleThinkingWantYoungSuccessfulSmartFeminineI Want You Author:Portia de Rossi
“I want that which is hilarious and that which is heartbreaking to occupy the same territory in the book because I think they very often occupy the same territory in life, much as we try to separate them.” ThinkingWantTryingBookTerritoryHeartbreaking Author:Richard Russo
“I think I had a particular moment when I was 15 years old. I read 'Crime and Punishment,' and that book just, I think, more than any other book made me want to be a writer, 'cause it was the first time that I hadn't just entered a book, but a book had entered me.” ThinkingWantYearsFirstsMadeBookMomentsCausesCrimeParticularFirst TimePunishmentCrime And Punishment Author:Ron Rash
“I think in every picture that I've ever made. Everything that I've done torments me. I really would like another chance except I'd be too embarrassed to ever really try to do them again and no one would want to see the same movie just done differently.” ThinkingWantTryingMadeDoneChanceEmbarrassedTormentAnother Chance Author:Sam Raimi
“I've spent a lot of time thinking about what the audience would want. That's my job, is to anticipate ahead of the audience.” ThinkingWantJobsAudienceAnticipate Author:Shawn Ryan
“I don't want to appear hostile, like I'm hostile to L.A. or that I feel that the people don't appreciate jazz. I don't think it's that. I think it's something more. It's something a little bit more complicated than that.” PeopleThinkingWantFeelsLittlesBitsLittle BitAppreciateJazzComplicatedHostile Author:Sonny Rollins
“Researching real people and doing them, I think, is harder than anything else. You don't want to do a caricature of them and you don't want to do an impression. You just want to do the best you can, in terms of presenting their views and a general impression of the guy. That's the hardest thing to do, real people.” PeopleThinkingWantRealGuyTermViewsHarderImpressionHardestThings To DoHardest ThingDo The BestPresentingCaricaturesHardest Thing To Do Author:Stephen Root
“If you are not online, people look at you askance. I think in three to four years' time people will look equally askance at you if you haven't got the ability for consumers to buy what they want, where they want and how they want.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantYearsLooksThreeAbilityFourHavensConsumersOnlineFour Years Author:Stuart Rose
“I've trained all my life. I've always been one who enjoys training so it's not something that I think I can just stop doing. It might not be as regular but I want to keep training.” ThinkingWantI CanMightEnjoyTraining Author:Wayne Rooney
“We want the average person to use it and think that it makes the experience of using Pinterest better.” ThinkingWantPersonsUseAverageAverage PersonPinterest Author:Ben Silbermann
“People think it's suspect and self-indulgent to make art, and I don't think that's true. Some people think you should be busy making something that you can sell in the marketplace, and if nobody wants to buy it, it must be crap. And that's not true.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantShouldArtSelfSellsBusySuspectsCrapMarketplaceSelf Indulgent Author:Dana Spiotta
“The idea that you can live off the grid and just do your own thing is a very American idea - that you should be able to do your own thing, if you want to, if you're willing to pay the price for it. I think the price has gotten higher and higher.” IfsThinkingWantShouldIdeasAblePayWillingHigherPay The PriceGrids Author:Dana Spiotta
“I've done a lot of theater work that has been quite diverse. I feel very fortunate to have had many different people think of me in many different ways. So, as an actor that's all you - all I want is diversity. So far in film and television work I have done has not been as diverse, and I hope it grows to be.” PeopleThinkingWayWantFeelsHas BeensDifferentDoneFilmActorsGrowsTelevisionDiversityTheaterFortunateDifferent WaysDiverseDifferent PeoplesThink Of MeFilm And Television Author:Michael Stuhlbarg
“I was terrified of vault, like literally I hated it. I had a fear of running as fast as I could at a solid object, which is I think a normal fear to have because nobody would really want to do that. Once I got over the fear of running into the table I just kind of relaxed and now it's like autopilot. I love it.” ThinkingWantKindRunningObjectsNormalTablesHatedTerrifiedRelaxedVaultsAutopilot Author:Alicia Sacramone
“I think the fallacy is to think that Women's Liberation meant that men and women would become interchangeable. That has not happened, and most men and women would not want it to happen.” ThinkingMenWantHappensHappenedMen And WomenLiberationFallacy Author:Christina Hoff Sommers
“I just write the books that I think I would want to read.” ThinkingWantWritingBook Author:Curtis Sittenfeld
“I didn't want kids to think that to be happy, they had to be famous or rich or live in the big city.” ThinkingWantBigsKidsCitiesRichBig Cities Author:Dan Savage
“My goal isn't so much genre, or fact-based or not fact-based. I just want to work on projects that I think could be great.” ThinkingWantFactsGoalProjectsGenre Author:Danny Strong
“No one wants to know I set my alarm and get up 8, but I think it's too weird to sleep in too late.” ThinkingKnowsWantSleepLateGet UpToo LateAlarms Author:David Spade
“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