“Most actors will tell you that it takes a while to figure out what you want to be because we just want to do everything we see on TV and don't know that 'actor' is a job yet.” KnowsWantJobsActorsFiguresTvsWhat You Want Author:Rachelle Lefevre
“I grew up in Europe, and I used to like those very slow-moving European films. I've been contaminated by the American TV culture, and I just want things to move faster now.” WantFilmMovingUsedCultureTvsGrewGrew UpEuropeFaster Author:Rebecca De Mornay
“I was watching TV at age 9 or 10, and my mom said that I came from the front room and I told her that I want to act. And she said if you want to do this at 18, then you can. It was a very simple story, yet, I do not even remember the conversation that I had with my mother. Until she reminded me of the story many years later.” IfsWantYearsSaidStoriesAgeRememberMotherSimpleRoomsFrontsTvsMomConversationMy MomWatching Tv Author:Derek Luke
“Since I was a baby my goal was to be on TV because film was just impossible - you never got any Asian women in Western cinema. I grew up wanting to be in 'East-Enders' because film wasn't even a dream. The community were very much like, 'How can you want to act? It's such a low-class profession.” WantDreamFilmGoalCommunityClassImpossibleTvsBabyGrewGrew UpLowsWesternEastProfessionCinemaAsianEnder Author:Archie Panjabi
“When 'Supernatural' came out, there were a lot of procedurals and you were either a doctor or a cop or lawyer, otherwise the show didn't stay on TV. And then we came around, and I don't want to say we were trailblazers, but we found our niche.” WantShowsFoundTvsDoctorsLawyerCopNicheTrailblazers Author:Jared Padalecki
“Theatre is where my heart is. It's where I can do my best work. And even if I do films and TV, that's what I want to come back to.” IfsWantHeartI CanFilmCan DoTvsMy HeartTheatreBest Work Author:Kelly Reilly
“There are certain economics involved in making a network TV show that you want to amortize the costs of that, so the more episodes you make, the cheaper they all are individually.” WantShowsCertainTvsInvolvedCostEconomicsEpisodesTv ShowsCheaper Author:Shawn Ryan
“I want to be like Tom Freston. Tom just flies around everywhere, gets to make movies, gets to start TV shows, hang out with cool people and do whatever he wants.” PeopleWantShowsTvsHanging OutTomsTv ShowsCool People Author:Shane Smith
“When color TV arrived, it just sat there and you saw color. I've been to retail stores where there were no 3-D glasses at all and the 3-D images were all blurred. People were coming in and saying, "I don't want to buy that." There's a lot of marketing connected to introducing technologies and especially introducing new experiences.” PeopleWantTechnologySawsColorTvsMarketingGlassesConnectedStoresSatIntroducingNew ExperiencesRetailIntroducing New Author:Howard Stringer
“People try to look for deep meanings in my work. I want to say, 'They're just cartoons, folks. You laugh or you don't.' Gee, I sound shallow. But I don't react to current events or other stimuli. I don't read or watch TV to get ideas. My work is basically sitting down at the drawing table and getting silly.” PeopleWantTryingLooksIdeasSoundWatchesLaughingEventsTvsSittingTablesFolksCurrentsDrawingSillyShallowCartoonStimulusSitting DownCurrent EventsDeep Meaning Author:Gary Larson
“If my shirt's off all the time on national TV, with 20 million people watching, I want to look my best.” PeopleIfsWantLooksMillionsTvsShirts Author:Jesse Metcalfe
“TV's hard work. I don't know how the hell Angela Lansbury survived doing 'Murder, She Wrote' all those years. And sure, everyone wants to be Bruce Willis or George Clooney - they want to be in film for the range of characters you get to play.” KnowsWantYearsHardPlayCharacterFilmKnow HowHellTvsHard WorkMurderRangeSurvivedAngela Author:Christopher Meloni
“I don't throw lavish parties or nothing like that - I just want a bed and a TV.” WantPartyTvsBed Author:Bruno Mars
“In 1977, at age ten, I was cast on the TV sitcom 'Good Times.' My character was Penny, an abused child in desperate need of love. I really didn't want to do the show. I didn't want to be away from my family.” WantNeedsChildrenCharacterShowsAgeTvsTenMy FamilyCastsDesperateGood TimesPenniesSitcomAbused Children Book:True You Source: True You
“Why should literature be easy? Sometimes you can do what you want to do in a simple, direct way that is absolutely right. Sometimes you can't. Reading is not a passive act. Books are not TV. Art of all kinds is an interactive challenge. The person who makes the work and the person who comes to the work both have a job to do. I am never wilfully obscure, but I do ask for some effort.” WayWantShouldKindPersonsArtBookSometimesJobsReadingAsksLiteratureEasyCan DoChallengesSimpleEffortTvsDirectWhat You WantAll KindsPassiveObscureInteractive Author:Jeanette Winterson
“My childhood dream was always to be on Broadway. I wanted to end up in TV and film. It's kind of flipped, and I'm not mad about it, but my childhood dream is Broadway and I want to end up there.” WantKindEndsDreamWantedFilmChildhoodTvsMadBroadwayFlippedChildhood Dreams Author:Grant Gustin
“I always thought, if you're gonna do TV, you want to play a straight, solid, pillar-of-the-show kind of guy.” IfsWantKindPlayShowsGuyTvsPillars Author:Jake M. Johnson
“It is a different breed of person who wants to be on a reality-TV show.” WantPersonsDifferentShowsRealityTvsTv ShowsReality Tv Author:Bruce Nash
“People are tired of just watching their TV set passively. They are playing interactive games today. They are on the Internet interacting. They want to be part of their TV set.” PeopleWantTodayGamesTvsInternetTiredInteractingInteractive Author:Bruce Nash
“One of the towering people in this industry said, why don't you go and make a five-year contract with somebody, make yourself several million dollars and put it away, then go and do whatever you want, work for public TV if you want.” PeopleIfsWantYearsSaidMillionsFiveTvsIndustryDollarsFive YearsContractsMillion DollarsDo Whatever You Want Author:Roone Arledge