Wanted Quotes

I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing.

I've made a lot of stupid action films. But when we made The Matrix, we saw that people wanted more than that.

I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.

And I definitely wanted to be a writer, but I felt a duty now, having used up those educational resources, I felt a duty to the church and my parents to become a priest.

What we wanted from an agent depended on what he brought in.

Well, the first thing I wanted to be was a carpenter. Then I wanted to be a painter and then a singer. It was when I first saw 'Lawrence of Arabia' that I wanted to be an actor.

I wanted to be one of the voices in the box.

I'd started going to acting classes at 14, played 'Medea' at 15 and really wanted to be a classical actress.

All I really wanted to do was wildlife photography.

The 'Sports Illustrated' cover was the last thing I shot. That week, I told my agent, 'You know what, I really... I don't want to be a model anymore. I really want to do movies.' And I think he wanted to wring my neck at the moment.

In my early years, there were a number of experiences that made me decide I could not afford the luxury of just being an actress. There were a number of issues I wanted to address. And I wanted to use my career as a platform.

I wanted to avoid, special IO for terminals.

I wanted to be Anthony Hopkins and ended up being neither a film star nor having a career on the stage.

I started playing piano when I was 6. And I knew that wanted to be involved in that form of expression, whether it was through music, or acting, or dancing, or painting, or writing.

To be honest with you, when I got into this I never thought about reviews. I never thought about what people would say about me. I was just a young guy who was excited to become a comedian and an actor and I just wanted to get to do what I got to do.

Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry.

It wasn't about the money. I just wanted them to admit it was their fault.

We wanted to slow down. But one would let us.

A creative person has to create. It doesn't really matter what you create. If such a dancer wanted to go out and build the cactus gardens where he could, in Mexico, let him do that, but something that is creative has to go on.

I didn't really decide that I wanted to be an astronaut for sure until the end of college.

A girl came up to me in a bar and said she wanted to be my apple pie. I wish I'd said something cool, but I was stunned.

Well, I always wanted to be educated and be prepared.

This one, even though it called for San Francisco, I think they wanted to initially shoot part of the film up here, you know get the exteriors and then go back to L.A. We really fought to get it up here and I think Paramount was really pleased.

I wanted out of my pain and that silliness, but I wanted an easy out. That's before realizing that there is no easy out. Before accepting that you just have to do the work.

My parents wanted me to solace them for sorrows they denied having had.

What an artist is trying to do for people is bring them closer to something, because of course art is about sharing. You wouldn't be an artist unless you wanted to share an experience, a thought.

When I was five years old I knew I wanted to act.

And also they were absolutely brilliant in one way, you know: they knew how effective is not to punish somebody who is guilty; what Communist Party members could afford to do was mind-boggling: they could do practically anything they wanted - steal, you know, lie, whatever.

Tammy Faye, I pray for every day. I really liked her. I wanted to be in their family.

Although I'd always wanted children, it was such an opposite thing to being a singer.