“I knew from a young age that I wanted to be an actor. I never even thought about other careers. The acting field is certainly not the path many Indian parents encourage their children to take, but mine were very supportive. They wanted me to have an education, but understood that this is what I wanted to do.” ChildrenAgeWantedYoungActorsParentActingCareersPathFieldsMinesUnderstoodIndianSupportiveYoung Age Author:Archie Panjabi
“For a long time I was cautious of working with my parents because I wanted to feel separate from them in the community. Now there's no more wasting time.” FeelsLongWantedParentCommunityLong TimeWasting TimeCautious Author:Lily Rabe
“I always wanted to perform. I remember being 5 years old and telling my parents to sit down as I was going to put on a play for them.” YearsPlayWantedRememberParent Author:Tammin Sursok
“I came to this country when I was twelve years old because my parents wanted to give me new opportunities to succeed. President Obama wants everyone to have the chances I had.” WantGivingYearsCountryWantedOpportunityParentPresidentChanceSucceedGive MePresident ObamaNew Opportunity Author:Cristina Saralegui
“My parents wanted me to work in a bank or as an accountant.” WantedParentAccountants Author:Bruno Tonioli
“I watched my parents go from having very basic jobs to educating themselves, to buying a house. They set a really good bar for what they wanted their kids to achieve.” KidsWantedJobsHouseParentAchieveBarsBuyingBuying A House Author:Tinie Tempah
“Skating was something I really wanted to do; my parents knew nothing about it. They said they'd support me as long as I was trying my hardest and enjoying it.” TryingLongSaidWantedParentEnjoySupportHardestThey SaidSkatingSupport MeTrying My Hardest Author:Kristi Yamaguchi
“I felt like the luckiest kid in the world. And I was. I was growing up middle-class in a time when growing up middle-class in America meant there would be jobs for my parents, good schools for me to prepare myself for a career, and, if I worked hard and played by the rules, a chance for me to do anything I wanted.” IfsWorldHardWould BeKidsWantedSchoolJobsAmericaFeltParentChanceClassCareersGrowing UpGrowingMiddleMiddle ClassGood School Author:Al Franken
“At 15 I had moved out of my parents' place, and my options were looking pretty narrow. But I had this acting thing and I just wanted to be able to keep going because it was really good. That was all I wanted.” AbleWantedParentActingMovedKeep GoingLooking Pretty Author:Ben Mendelsohn
“I've wanted to act since I was little, but my parents told me I couldn't pursue it until after college. The understanding was that I was lucky enough to be able to go to college and that it's important to being successful in life.” LittlesImportantEnoughAbleWantedParentUnderstandingSuccessfulCollegeLuckyPursueBeing Successful Author:Allison Williams
“I remember feeling ashamed, for some reason. I was ashamed of my parents. I couldn't face some of my friends at school anymore, because I desperately wanted to have the classic, you know, typical family. Mother, father. I wanted that security, so I resented my parents for quite a few years because of that.” KnowsYearsReasonFeelingsWantedSchoolRememberFacesMotherFatherParentSecurityMy FriendsClassicAshamedTypical Author:Kurt Cobain
“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
“I wanted to be on my own and get out of the house. We were the kind of kids that - we - obeyed our parents. If they said no, you don't ask why.” IfsKindSaidKidsWantedAsksHouseParentMy OwnThey Said Author:Janet Jackson
“My parents wanted me to grow up around horses and open spaces.” WantedGrowsParentSpaceGrowing UpHorseOpen Spaces Author:Schuyler Fisk
“I think I was born because my parents had two boys and wanted to give it one more go and try for a girl... they got me instead.” ThinkingGivingTryingTwoWantedGirlParentBornBoys Author:Alex Borstein
“My parents, and especially my mother, encouraged by the director of the local school which I was attending, wanted in spite of everything to send me to a National School of Arts and Crafts so that I could later become an engineer.” ArtWantedSchoolMotherParentDirectorsLocalsCraftsSpiteEngineersAttendingArts And Crafts Author:Leon Jouhaux
“It was a lot of fun being a child actress. It suited me. I don't think it suits everybody, but I was in it because I had a passion, not because my parents wanted me to make money. If other kids want to do it, and they really like acting, go for it.” IfsThinkingWantChildrenKidsWantedPassionFunParentActingActressesSuitsMaking Money Author:Alanna Ubach
“I didn't want my parents to support me. I wanted to prove that I could do it by myself.” WantWantedParentSupportProveSupport Me Author:Linda Vester
“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
“My parents were great parents, but for some bizarre reason they allowed me to watch whatever I wanted on TV, we had cable. And I constantly watched horror movies.” ReasonWantedParentWatchesTvsHorrorBizarreCablesGreat Parents Author:Christopher Bollen
“My parents were lenient. My mother believed God was another word for nature. I took up Satanism not out of desperation, but out of logic. I rebelled, not but because of a religious or repressive childhood. I wanted to join the French Foreign Legion.” WantedMotherParentReligiousChildhoodLogicDesperationLegionSatanismLenient Author:Anton Szandor LaVey
“We wanted to hear from viewers about why they watch or participate in call-ins on C-SPAN, ... Viewers of all ages and walks of life wrote to us, including actresses, stand-up comics, parents and students. What's clear after reading the entries is the impact that call-ins have had on the political conversation on the network.” AgeWantedPoliticalReadingParentWalksWatchesClearStudentsConversationImpactIncludingActressesParticipationViewersEntryWalks Of Life Author:Brian Lamb
“What parents said they valued most were discussions with teachers and heads, and what they wanted was more descriptive information in their children's school reports. This is particularly true for primary schools. Parents wanted to know much more than just how their children were doing academically.” KnowsChildrenSaidWantedSchoolParentTeacherInformationPrimariesDiscussionReportsPrimary SchoolSchool Reports Author:Carol J. Adams
“I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and all of my working-class parents savings were being spent on my college tuition. After six months I couldn't see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out.” IdeasHelpingWantedValuesParentClassFiguresCollegeMonthsSixSavingNo IdeaExpensiveHelp MeWorking ClassSix MonthsSavingsTuitionStanfordGoing To CollegeCollege Tuition Author:Steve Jobs
“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
“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
“When I was a kid people always asked why I didn't act like the rest of my family, and parents would say, "Well, she needs a childhood! We would never allow her to do that even if she wanted to". They were as involved in my life as any parents are in any person's life.” PeopleIfsNeedsWellsPersonsKidsWantedParentChildhoodInvolvedMy Family Author:Blake Lively
“I've always had good support of parents for doing what I wanted to do. When it became music they were just as supportive as well.” WellsWantedParentSupportSupportive Author:Negash Ali
“I think the initial reason why I became interested in farming is that I wanted to be outdoors. I've always enjoyed being outdoors. And so, I looked around and when I was at high school, probably 14 or so, my parents through friends arranged for me to be able to go work on farms on the weekend.” ThinkingReasonAbleWantedSchoolParentHigh SchoolEnjoyedReason WhyFarmsWeekendFarmingInitials Author:Ian Wilmut
“When I was kid, yeah, my family, my parents wanted me to marry a Jewish girl because that was what they taught their children, and thought it would be an easier life for me to raise a Jewish kid. And I have a Jewish wife, I have a Jewish kid. They seem pretty happy about it.” ChildrenSeemsWould BeKidsWantedGirlParentWifeTaughtEasierMy FamilyRaisesYeahEasier Life Author:Adam Sandler
“My parents were pretty open about a lot of things, especially my mom. And any kind of little crazy thing I was into, she was very supportive of. You know, whether it was BMX bike racing or being in the Boy Scouts or surfing or anything else, she always seemed to sort of support it. And I think it's because she was an immigrant and that idea of sort of having her kids be able to have access to their dreams and whatever they wanted to follow was very important to her.” ThinkingKnowsKindLittlesImportantIdeasDreamKidsAbleWantedParentBoysSupportCrazyMomMy MomAccessImmigrantsRacingBikeSupportiveSurfingCrazy ThingsBoy ScoutBmx Author:Terry Gross
“I knew at a young age that I wanted to do comedy, and maybe part of that was trying to fit in at school because I had a weird name, and my parents had these accents, and I was definitely a late bloomer.” TryingAgeWantedSchoolYoungNamesParentComedyFitLateAccentsYoung AgeTrying To Fit In Author:Nasim Pedrad
“I was very lucky in that my parents were very broad-minded. Because they had come from another country and hadn't been able to fulfill their dreams, they wanted me to be more of myself, if you know what I mean.” IfsKnowsMeanCountryDreamAbleWantedParentLuckyBroads Author:Anne-Marie Duff
“'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
“I wanted to be an actor, an astrologer, an astronaut; a lot of different things were going through my mind. But I also wanted to play guitar. I mentioned to my parents that I wanted an electric guitar for Christmas. They got me one! I sat there all Christmas morning making a lot of loud horrible noise.” MindDifferentPlayWantedActorsParentMorningGuitarHorribleNoiseLoudSatDifferent ThingsElectricAstronautElectric GuitarChristmas Morning Author:Joan Jett
“I started acting when I was about nine. I always wanted to get into acting since I was really little but my parents would never let me because they'd heard all the bad stuff about being in the business as a young actor and stuff like that.” LittlesWantedYoungActorsStuffParentActingHeardLet MeNineYoung ActorsBad Stuff Author:Josh Hutcherson
“The issues facing working women and their families are closest to my heart. I decided to focus intently on the challenges military wives face because they juggle the same pressures as their nonmilitary peers, all while coping as single parents while their loved ones are overseas. I wanted to help make their voices heard.” HeartHelpingWantedFacesParentVoiceChallengesIssuesFocusWifeHeardMilitaryMy HeartDecidedPressureLoved OnesClosestPeersCopingSingle ParentWorking Women Author:Michelle Obama
“I was being groomed to be a tennis player for sure. My grandparents and parents realised I had a natural athletic ability and if I was forced to do it, I could probably do well. But all I wanted was to play pretend.” IfsWellsPlayWantedParentNaturalAbilityPlayerTennisGrandparentAthleticRealisedTennis PlayerAthletic Ability Author:Dakota Fanning
“I did my fair share of stupid stuff in high school, like anyone. I had a healthy fear of my parents, and I certainly never wanted to disappoint them. That would be the worst thing I could ever do.” Would BeWantedSchoolStuffParentShareWorstStupidHealthyHigh SchoolFairsWorst ThingsDisappointFair ShareHealthy Fear Author:Christine Lakin
“As a child, I remember I always wanted to make my parents happy and give them everything in their lives.” GivingChildrenWantedRememberParent Author:Rani Mukerji
“I had very literal parents and I wanted to survive with metaphor and art, and there was a real sense of shame around it.” ArtRealWantedParentShameMetaphorLiteral Author:Amanda Palmer
“The [character] that I was able to crawl into the most was Lilo from Lilo & Stitch. This was sort of a cartoony-looking girl, but her problems were completely real. Her funky world that she createdI mean, you know kids like that. It was very honest and genuine and I wanted to do an honest job, so I thought about the character a lot before I animated it. I really got into the character, where [I] almost felt that pain that she had. The loss of the parents - you need to feel all that. That was a big learning experience for me.” KnowsWorldNeedsFeelsMeanRealCharacterProblemBigsKidsAbleWantedPainJobsGirlFeltParentLossHonestGenuineAnimatedLearning ExperienceStitchesFunky Author:Andreas Deja
“Perhaps you have heard about the college executives who were discussing what they wanted to do after retirement age. One hoped to run a prison or school of correction so that the alumni would never come back to visit. Another chose to manage an orphan asylum so that he would not be plagued with advice from parents.” RunningAgeWantedSchoolParentEducationHeardAdviceCollegePrisonManageExecutivesRetirementOrphanDiscussingCorrectionsAsylumsRetirement AgeAlumni Author:Robert H. Jackson
“By default I am the good parent. I've used my own personal experience. I came from a world where I was in need and starving for the good parent, so it's like I'm bringing my own persona issues into that. I am the parent that I always wanted to have; that's how I look at my role.” WorldNeedsLooksWantedUsedParentMy OwnRolesIssuesStarvingPersonaPersonal ExperiencesDefaultGood Parent Author:Bob Harper
“I wasn't remembering the gift that God had given me. I had totally put all that aside. And my daughter was growing up before my eyes, and I just wanted to grab hold of that. It goes by so fast. I wanted to watch her. I wanted to be that parent - because at that point in time, I was a single parent. Watch her go to school, and when she got home, be there. I wanted that moment.” MomentsHomeEyeWantedSchoolRememberGivenParentWatchesGrowing UpGrowingDaughterMy DaughterThat MomentSingle Parent Author:Oprah Winfrey
“My parents only played Isley Brothers, Marvin Gaye. That's when New Kids came out, and we wanted to jam that. My mom was like, "Put that thing off and put my damn record on". So from old school to '90s to recent, it's just always been there.” KidsWantedSchoolParentRecordsBrotherMomMy MomDamnJamOld SchoolMarvin Author:Solange Knowles