“My dad never told me that when you audition, you might not get the role. He wanted to wait until my first disappointment to tell me.” FirstsMightWantedWaitingRolesDadMy DadDisappointmentAuditions Author:Haley Joel Osment
“My Dad hated his job. He sold overcoats, but he wanted to make movies. He had a failed career working with the Ritz Brothers - they were like the Marx Brothers, only a tier below. I always had a picture in my mind of him in a straw hat.” MindWantedJobsCareersBrotherDadMy DadHatedHatsStrawsOvercoatRitzStraw HatsMarx Brothers Author:Steve Sabol
“My dad said: 'It looks like you'll be world No.1 in a few hours and I wanted to be the first to say congratulations.” WorldFirstsLooksSaidWantedHoursLike YouDadMy DadCongratulations Author:Lee Westwood
“When my dad was badly weakened by the flu and my mom wanted to call an ambulance to take him to the emergency room, he wouldn't go unless he could shave first and change into a nice shirt and a pair of slacks.” FirstsWantedRoomsNiceMomDadMy DadMy MomShirtsPairsEmergenciesFluAmbulanceEmergency Room Author:Rich Lowry
“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
“Booking an act for my Dad's 70th birthday, I wanted a great act and went straight to John Archer- his reputation in the magic world is among the very best. I was so pleased he was able to do it, and he absolutely brought the house down. It was brilliant, hysterically funny, and perfectly pitched for the occasion. He made the evening. I'd recommend him unreservedly.” WorldMadeAbleWantedHouseMagicDadMy DadBrilliantReputationEveningOccasionsArcherHysterically Funny Author:Derren Brown
“My dad's Israeli. He was born in Baghdad to Iraqi Jews. Then, at age two, his parents wanted to move to their homeland and he grew up in Israel. I've been there twice, once as a baby and once when I was 15.” TwoAgeWantedMovingParentBornBabyGrewDadGrew UpMy DadJewIsraelIsraeliHomelandBaghdad Author:Elliott Yamin
“One day my dad would say, 'OK, if you want to play tennis I can help you out.' And that's how it started. And I had a goal. I wanted to beat my mom first. And my parents and my brother. And that was the ultimate goal.” IfsWantFirstsI CanPlayHelpingWantedParentGoalBrotherMomDadOne DayBeatsUltimateMy DadMy MomMy BrotherTennisUltimate Goal Author:Caroline Wozniacki
“When I used to do musical theatre, my dad refused to come backstage. He never wanted to see the props up close or the sets up close. He didn't want to see the magic.” WantWantedUsedMagicDadMusicalMy DadTheatrePropsMusical Theatre Author:Nia Vardalos
“My dad let me figure out what I wanted to do on my own.” WantedMy OwnFiguresDadLet MeMy Dad Author:Georgia May Jagger
“When I was a kid, I was watching the movies my parents wanted to watch. I came from a working class family, not specifically educated, so we were watching popular movies. My dad liked cowboy movies, so we were watching cowboy movies. Some of them were amazing. It’s a genre of movie I like very much.” KidsWantedParentClassWatchesDadMy DadEducatedGenreWorking ClassCowboyCowboy MoviePopular Movie Author:Olivier Martinez
“I wanted to be a skinny little ballerina but I was a voluptuous little Italian girl whose dad had meatballs on the table every night.” LittlesWantedNightGirlFatherDadTablesItalianEvery NightSkinnyBallerinaVoluptuousMeatballsItalian Girl Author:Lady Gaga
“I used to hate being different. I used to cry. I wanted to be blonde-haired and blue-eyed like all of my girlfriends. My mom and dad would feel so badly - 'No, it's OK. You'll be happy you're different later.” FeelsDifferentWantedUsedHateCryMomDadBlueMy MomGirlfriendBlondeBeing DifferentMy GirlfriendMom And DadBlue Eyed Author:Kiana Tom
“My dad's cool with that kind of stuff. He always wanted me to do my best. I'm quite dyslexic in school. My dad let me figure out what I wanted to do on my own. My parents never really lecture me.” KindWantedSchoolStuffParentMy OwnFiguresDadLet MeMy DadLecturesDyslexic Author:Georgia May Jagger
“I asked my Dad once, "How did you and Mum stay married for 33 years?" He said. "Well, we never wanted to get divorced at the same time.” YearsWellsSaidWantedDadMarriedMy DadMumDivorcedMarriage Is Hard Author:Gwyneth Paltrow
“My grandfather and my father disagreed about music, not least of all because my dad wanted to improvise. It wasn't just that he wanted to play different music; it was just that he came off the dots.” DifferentPlayWantedFatherDadMy DadGrandfatherMy GrandfatherDotsDifferent Music Author:Elvis Costello
“My dad had a steady job with a really major dance band from '54 till '68, and then quit because he wanted to play different music. He wanted to sing about peace. He believed in these things.” DifferentPlayWantedJobsDadBandMajorsMy DadQuittingSteadyDifferent Music Author:Elvis Costello
“My dad was a big fan of comedy. He wanted to be a stand-up. He loved Lenny [Bruce]. He also loved Lord Buckley and jazz and stuff. He was a hipster. My parents were kind of beatnik-y, you know, for Salt Lake City. But my humor, I think, came from wanting to disarm people before they hit me.” PeopleThinkingKnowsKindBigsWantedStuffParentCitiesLordComedyFansDadJazzMy DadLakesSaltHipsterBeatnikSalt Lake City Author:Judd Apatow
“My dad and my mom had to sacrifice so much, and had to teach us and show us the way of going about things, how to be humble, all those things. They helped us stay on track for what we wanted to do.” WayShowsWantedTeachSacrificeMomDadMy DadTrackHumbleMy MomBe Humble Author:Bengie Molina
“I'd always meant to become a musician. I'd just never gotten around to it. And my daughter being born, I was like, Okay, this is seriously the last chance. And also: Do you really want to be a dad who never did what he wanted to do? You've got to set an example now. You've got to do this.” WantWantedLastsBornChanceExampleDadMusicianDaughterOkayMy DaughterMeant To BeLast Chance Author:Jonathan Coulton
“Music's been with me from the get-go. It was always around me as a kid. Dad got me my first guitar when I was 11 and, at school, if you wanted to be cool you had to be in a band.” IfsFirstsKidsWantedSchoolDadBandGuitarBeing Cool Author:Julian Lennon
“I mean, my dad's a television producer, and I knew I could get a job as an assistant or a reader with one of his friends, but it wasn't exactly what I wanted to do.” MeanWantedJobsTelevisionReaderDadMy DadProducersAssistants Author:J. J. Abrams
“My dad was always my manager as far as I was concerned, even when I had another manager. At times he let me go with someone else who he thought could take me to another level when he couldn't, and he was right. But they were in it for another reason. He was in it because he wanted to see me succeed no matter what, and he made decisions based on being a dad as opposed to a manager.” MadeMatterReasonWantedDecisionLevelsDadSucceedConcernedLet MeNo Matter WhatMy DadManagersTake MeLet Me GoBeing A Dad Author:Tanya Tucker
“I always ask my dad why wasn't I a lefty? Even when I was younger I wanted to be lefty. I could have been really good.” Has BeensWantedAsksDadMy DadCould Have BeenLefties Author:Serena Williams
“My father was a management genius. But what I really wanted was a dad.” WantedFatherGeniusDadManagement Author:Michael Jackson
“When I came to America, I told my dad I wanted to be an actress.” WantedAmericaDadMy DadActresses Author:Odeya Rush
“I originally wanted to be a pop star. I wanted to be Kylie Minogue. My dad thought that was a very silly ambition and introduced me to drama classes. Once I became fixated on that, there was no stopping me.” WantedStarsClassDadDramaAmbitionMy DadPopsSillyStoppingPop StarsDrama Class Author:Ashley Madekwe
“'I Know You Care' is about my dad. And I haven't seen him for a long, long time. And my parents divorced when I was really young. And I guess I just wanted a - it was my way of saying that I wasn't bitter or angry anymore. I was just sad and just felt like something was missing.” KnowsWayLongCareWantedYoungFeltParentMissingHavensDadLong TimeAngryMy DadBitterMy WayDivorcedLike Something Author:Ellie Goulding
“One of the things I always believed in was my dad came to America and he was a very talented musician, but he couldn't make a living that way so he had to support his family as an auto mechanic which he also loved doing. He was also such a great dad because when I first told him I thought I wanted to go into show business, his response was okay, that's interesting.” WayFirstsShowsWantedAmericaInterestingSupportDadMusicianOkayResponseMy DadMechanicShow BusinessAlways BelieveGreat DadAuto MechanicTalented Musicians Author:Denis Leary
“I would love to be a dad. For the longest time, Ive wanted kids, but you have to have the right setup, right?” KidsWantedDadSetups Author:Maksim Chmerkovskiy
“I'm from Houston. I think I was thirty-seven before I ever set foot in Dallas, and that was just in the airport. So I've never really been there. Dad grew up in Port Arthur, Texas and all I can ever get out of him is, "I wanted my first son to be named Dallas."” ThinkingFirstsI CanWantedFeetSonGrewDadGrew UpSevenThirtyTexasAirportsPortArthurDallasHouston Author:Dallas Roberts
“I always wanted to be a Sixer. My dad was a Sixers' fan. I never wanted to leave. I wanted to start my career in Philly and finish it here.” WantedCareersFansDadBasketballMy DadNba Author:Allen Iverson
“Twitter allowed me to talk about parenting in short snippets and find out what I really wanted to say about it, which is that I'm a dad who had no idea what he's doing.” IdeasWantedDadNo Idea Author:Jim Gaffigan