“Here is a fear for me, I never wanted to be one of those guys that was defined by a body of work 20 years old.” YearsBodyWantedArtistGuyDefined Author:Todd McFarlane
“Since I was 15 years old, all I wanted was to find the guy I was going to marry.” YearsWantedGuy Author:Ali Larter
“I've been telling anybody who would listen that I wanted to do a series for the last 10 years. But I wouldn't do it if I was just another cop pushing bad guys up against the wall.” IfsYearsWantedLastsGuyWallSeriesPushingCopBad Guys Author:William Petersen
“You've probably read in People that I'm a nice guy - but when the doctor first told me I had Parkinson's, I wanted to kill him.” PeopleFirstsWantedGuyNiceDoctorsNice GuyParkinsonParkinson's Author:Michael J. Fox
“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
“Definitely River Phoenix is somebody that I thought, "This guy is very cool." I wanted to be like him when I was a kid.” KidsWantedGuyRiversThis GuyPhoenixVery Cool Author:Jim Sturgess
“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 don't have any jokes about my divorce or my ex-husband, who is a lovely person. It really is about how I was an idiot trying to push this guy to get married when I wasn't even sure if I wanted to.” IfsTryingPersonsWantedGuyHusbandMarriedJokesDivorceLovelyIdiotThis GuyExesEx HusbandLovely Person Author:Jen Kirkman
“I've been a Hip-Hop head forever. So when it turned out that we were gonna start getting celebrity guests for every show, I wanted rap guys from the get-go.” ShowsWantedGuyForeverHip HopRapHipsHopsGuests Author:Andy Milonakis
“I knew I wanted to be an actor for a long time, but I was based out of Chicago and then I went to New York and I did 'The Upright Citizens Brigade' out there. I had a two-man show with a guy named Oliver Ralli who's now in the band Pass Kontrol, which is a big band out of New York.” MenLongTwoShowsBigsWantedGuyActorsNew YorkCitizensBandLong TimeChicago Author:Jake M. Johnson
“It is really important for women to look up and see other women being successful. When I was in that position, all I wanted to do was blend in and be one of the guys.” LooksImportantWantedGuySuccessfulPositionLook UpBeing Successful Author:Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones
“I really love `Serenity.' I'm really proud of it and excited to see it my guys on the big screen, bringing something new to it. But `Firefly' was a different animal, something I will regret losing until the day they put me in a box, because I did have a lot of good stories I wanted to tell.” DifferentStoriesBigsWantedGuyAnimalRegretProudLosingBoxesExcitedScreensSomething NewSerenityGood StoryFireflyBig ScreenDifferent Animals Author:Joss Whedon
“Everyone has this sense of togetherness right now. For example, one guy on the subway today, he wanted to share my pants.” TodayWantedGuyShareExampleRight NowPantsTogethernessSubway Author:David Letterman
“I never wanted to be the guy people looked at. I felt I could only be myself when I was alone, that I turned into some kind of novelty. The only way I could get through that time was to drink. I poisoned myself with alcohol for years but I've never been into drugs in the way it was sometimes made out.” PeopleWayYearsKindMadeSometimesWantedGuyFeltDrinkDrugAlcoholNovelty Author:Johnny Depp
“I was a theater guy growing up and I wanted to be Al Pacino, and I think I just looked and sounded too funny.” ThinkingWantedGuyGrowing UpGrowingTheaterAls Author:Charlie Day
“I wanted to make a small movie about a guy and a girl on the beach, but then I thought, wouldn't it be cool if a werewolf was there?” IfsWantedGuyGirlBeachWerewolfBeing Cool Author:Stephen Sommers
“Even when I was at CIA, I'd go to visit foreign leaders and I'd say, 'You know, I'm not a diplomat. I'm just an old CIA guy'... I said, 'If I wanted to be diplomatic, I'd have been a diplomat.'” IfsKnowsHas BeensSaidWantedGuyLeaderCiaDiplomaticDiplomats Author:Robert M. Gates
“Mob guys had muscle, and where in hell do you think employers got the tough guys when they wanted to break a strike?” ThinkingWantedGuyBreakHellToughStrikesMusclesEmployersTough Guy Author:Jimmy Hoffa
“A lot of coaches want guys to be loose for games. I never wanted them to be loose. I wanted their hands sweating, their knees shaking, their eyes bulging. I wanted them to act like we were going to war.” WantWarHandsEyeWantedGuyGamesCoachesKneesShakingSweatingGoing To War Author:Jerry Tarkanian
“Well, the American public always wanted to vote for a guy and Bush was the perfect guy who they'd want to have over for pot-roast. And George Bush is that guy. He does that well. You'd like to have him over for pot-roast. He reminds you of yourself. Okay. Well, now he's been over, he's had the pot-roast. But he's getting drunk and now he's talking about stem cells and Terri Schiavo and gay marriage. And now he's the guest that won't leave.” WantWellsDoeWantedGuyPerfectTalkingGayOkayVoteDrunkCellsPotGuestsStemGay MarriageThat GuyStem CellGetting DrunkPerfect Guy Author:Bill Maher
“I have always wanted to play different kinds of stuff, but it's hard, first to find good material, and then to change people's perception of you so they'll let you do it. I mean, I would really like to play a poet, but once they get this notion of you as a street guy, it's hard to change that.” PeopleFirstsKindMeanDifferentHardPlayWantedGuyStuffStreetsPoetMaterialsPerceptionNotionDifferent Kinds Author:Matt Dillon
“My English teacher wanted to have sex with me in Junior High. The only problem was, my English teacher was a guy. I smacked him in his face with an eraser, chased him with a stapler and stapled his nuts to a stack of papers.” ProblemWantedFacesGuyNextSexTeacherPaperThanksGradesNutsPapersJuniorsJunior HighEnglish TeacherErasersSemester Author:Eminem
“When I got into comedy, which was really for acting, I would see the guys who would be considered great today. They were great, but after a few minutes I could get kind of bored because they wouldn't move around. The dress code was boring to me. I didn't want to see the guy next door when I'm watching a performer. I wanted to see someone I would pay a ticket for.” WantKindWould BeTodayWantedMovingGuyNextPayActingComedyDoorsMinutesDressesBoringCodeBoredPerformersTicketsDress Code Author:Andrew Dice Clay
“Some guys are just very, very interested in their sport and their predecessors. I know I was a guy like that when I was a young coach. I wanted to know about George Halas, I wanted to know about Jim Lee Howell, guys you don't even know. I wanted to know what they were like. So I read whatever I could get my hands on.” KnowsHandsWantedYoungGuySportsCoachesPredecessors Author:Bill Parcells
“I want to retire in New York, let's be quite frank. I think a lot of people jumped the gun when I said I wanted to be a free agent. And yeah, I want people to come to play in New York. I want them to want to play in New York. I want New York to be that place where guys want to come play.” PeopleThinkingWantSaidPlayWantedGuyNew YorkGunYeahAgentsRetiringFrankFree Agents Author:Carmelo Anthony
“I wanted my friends in the video because to leave a hard place, you need the support of your loved ones. My friends have always done that for me. I had my best girlfriends there, my brother, my guy friends who are like brothers to me and my team who's had my back through my journey. My lead guy was a good friend of mine and a talented artist named Quincy. He's such a cool guy and I felt he would be perfect for the video along with a cameo from Don Benjamin.” NeedsHardDoneWould BeWantedArtistGuyFeltPerfectSupportJourneyTeamMinesBrotherMy FriendsVideoGirlfriendMy BrotherLoved OnesGood FriendMy JourneyCameosCool GuyGuy FriendBest Girlfriend Author:Jasmine V
“I think it was one of the better meetings that I've had with those guys, because I was honestly able to say everything I wanted to say, and I pretty much aired out the dirty laundry. So from that point on, I thought all of that was behind us.” ThinkingAbleWantedGuySportsBehindsMeetingsHonestlyDirtyLaundryDirty Laundry Author:Latrell Sprewell
“Let's put it in old movie Mafia terms. There are guys that are in position to get by but they didn't wait their turn. They back-doored the top guy to get the power. For example, Sonny Corleone went up there, and he wanted to be the top guy. And the Godfather said, 'You know what dude, I'm a star.' That's what I'm doing now, and that's what I was trying to do with what's-his-name.” KnowsTryingSaidWantedGuyTurnsNamesStarsWaitingTermExamplePositionBasketballMafiaLakersOld MovieCorleone Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“We want stuff done right. As long as it's my team, I'll voice my opinion. Yep, it's my team. You media guys might give it to him, like you've given him everything else his whole lifetime, but this is the Diesel's ship. And if we're not right, I'm going to go out there and try to get it right... Just ask Karl and Garywhy they wanted to come here. It was because of one person, not two. One.” IfsWantGivingTryingPersonsLongTwoDoneWholeMightWantedGuyAsksGivenStuffVoiceOpinionTeamMediaLike YouBasketballLifetimeWhole LifeShipsDieselLakers Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“Georgetown. Alonzo was the guy I always heard about. I've always wanted to measure myself against the best.” WantedGuyHeardBasketballGeorgetown Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“Pretty early on in making the first movie I realized that this is what I wanted to do. I felt like by that time I just found my niche, like this is what I was supposed to be doing. So I completely submerged myself into the world of watching movies, making my own movies, buying video cameras and lights. When I wasn't making a movie, I was making my own movies. When I wasn't making movies, I was watching movies. I was going back and studying film and looking back at guys that were perceived as great guys that I can identify with. It just became my life.” WorldFirstsI CanLightWantedFilmGuyFoundFeltMy OwnStudyCamerasI RealizedVideoSupposed To BeBuyingLooking BackNicheSubmergedMovie MakingGreat GuyVideo Cameras Author:Mark Wahlberg
“I'm just blessed that I was able to have guys around me that had some of the same goals. The man above gave me a gift and he gave me friends and a mentor that can help me reach my goal and reach my potential. And we all had the same goal, so it wasn't hard for us to get, you know, off track because we all wanted the same thing.” KnowsMenHardHelpingAbleWantedGuyGoalHe ManBlessedTrackHelp MeMentor Author:LeBron James
“It was important to me to be cool as a comedian. I didn't want to be a crowd-pleaser who sent out the vibe of, "I need you guys." I wanted to be so cool that the audience could leave and I would still be killing, that I didn't want to have to rely on them or need them. That really appealed to me.” WantNeedsStillsImportantWantedGuyAudienceKillingCrowdsComedianRelyNeed YouBeing CoolI Need YouPleasersCrowd Pleasers Author:Anthony Jeselnik
“I was a defensive lineman coming out of high school who was considered amongst the top maybe the top six guys, top five guys, and wanted to prove to my team that I was going to be a top guy going into college.” WantedSchoolGuyFiveTeamCollegeProveSixHigh SchoolComing OutLineman Author:Ndamukong Suh
“South Africa used to seem so far away. Then it came home to me. It began to signify the meaning of white hatred here. That was what the sheets and the suits and the ties covered up, not very well. That was what the cowardly guys calling me names from their speeding truck wanted to happen to me, to all of me: to my people. That was what would happen to me if I walked around the corner into the wrong neighborhood. That was Birmingham. That was Brooklyn. That was Reagan. That was the end of reason. South Africa was how I came to understand that I am not against war; I am against losing the war.” PeopleIfsWellsWarEndsReasonHomeSeemsHappensWantedUsedGuyNamesWhiteCallingLosingHatredSouthCornersSuitsTiesNeighborhoodCoveredFar AwaySouth AfricaSheetsTruckBrooklynCowardlyAround The CornerSpeedingBirminghamAgainst WarCovered Up Author:June Jordan
“Look at guys like Larry Bird and George Brett and John McEnroe; that's what they did in their careers. They all wanted to be the guy under the microscope late in the game or late in the match. So you just take on that know-how that that's part of your responsibility, and you learn that's what makes it exciting. That's what makes it fun!” KnowsLooksWantedGuyGamesFunResponsibilityCareersKnow HowLateBirdExcitingLarryMicroscopes Author:Wayne Gretzky
“Twitter is basically text messaging. Twitter is a guy you can always elbow in the side and say, "Hey, look, a guy in a clown suit just threw up!" And I don't have 400-800 words to say about that, I just wanted to say that one thing.” LooksWantedGuySidesOne ThingSuitsHeyClownElbowsText Messaging Author:Chris Hardwick
“I was one of those guys who never wanted to start their own business. I never saw myself as a leader. I saw myself as a great No. 2.” WantedGuyLeaderSawsOwn Business Author:Robert Herjavec
“I play because I have fun. The vets of this team, I just wanted to say thanks to them. You guys mean so much to me. I can have a terrible day and walk in the gym and have Hasheem smile at me. That will change my day.” InspirationalMeanI CanPlayWantedGuyFunWalksTeamTerribleBasketballThanksHaving FunGymVetsMvpTerrible Day Author:Kevin Durant
“I learned this a long time ago. If you call a guy into your office and shut the door, if there’s media around, it sends up a red flag. I never wanted to embarrass a player.” IfsLongWantedGuyPlayerDoorsMediaOfficeLong TimeRedFlagsLong Time AgoRed Flags Author:Jim Leyland
“As bad as I disagreed on stuff, I wanted to get a technical foul, but I didn't. When guys on the team see me get technical fouls, it tends to trickle down to the team. I just took it and dealt with it.” WantedGuyStuffTeamFoulTrickle Down Author:Stephen Jackson
“I wasn't a bad guy. I just wanted God to give me a second chance.” GivingWantedGuyChanceBasketballGive MeNbaBad GuysSecond Chance Author:Allen Iverson
“I guess the one-liner kind of comic sounds like a guy who can talk and talk and whatever the subject is, he can pull out a one-liner, but I couldn't do that. I didn't like the association. I mean, I love Steven Wright, but so many people started saying "Steven Wright" to me, and I would get mad, because I never wanted to be thought of as copying anybody.” PeopleKindMeanWantedGuySoundSubjectsMadComicAssociationOne LinerCopying Author:Mitch Hedberg