Wanted Quotes

I wanted to work on this central problem of killing. How you go about killing. Now, in the film I had to kill my children - well, I didn't want to get that far.

I am not making spiteful assertions now but merely stating the facts-that, for instance, among Hungarian generals there is such a considerable percentage of men of German origin, who of course had, in most cases, to alter their names if they wanted to get anywhere.

I have three sisters and I've always wanted a brother, so I was really interested in that notion.

I like to live in places that are kind of off in the cuts so people can't really find me even if they wanted to.

We had two cameras, so they could turn it on and shoot as much as we wanted. You don't have to worry about wasting money on film. A lot more takes are possible.

I always wanted to make sure my parents didn't have to work again for the rest of their lives.

I was lucky enough to know exactly what I wanted to do when I was growing up. I think one of the hardest things to figure out in life is what your calling is, and what truly makes you happy - not what you want to work at, but what you want to do.

I always knew that I wanted to be an artist.

I wanted to do a weird book and reestablish my independent, small-press roots.

I wasn't passionate about food until I'd been cooking for a while. I started long before food became part of the mainstream media. I just wanted to cook, period.

I wanted to do an episode about Chuck having a gambling problem. I wanted to portray my addiction on the show. But I think it's a little edgy for Saturday night.

I wanted to make sure that the environment of the shooting itself was not that controlled, and the way to go about that course was to work with as small a crew as possible.

I wanted to get back to my style of 20 years ago after a long period of exploring horror and fantasy themes.

My first two records are so simply constructed. The reason isn't because I wanted to make simple music. It's because I don't really have the chops.

I wrote songs all my life, where anyone wanted to hear them or not.

We never really wanted to play in California.

Two stops after I got on, these two unbelievable short people got on, and the way they were looking at me, I could tell. They wanted to bite my ankles!

I had always wanted to write a song called, The Vicious Circle. I always thought it was like, the kids are born there, they grow up there, they die there.

I can't do the same movies all my life. I'm conscious of that. But it's a trade-off. 'Dear John' allowed me to do movies I've wanted to do. You learn to balance it out. I'm still learning. Only now am I getting to do the kinds of movies that I have wanted to do. So it's a steady climb. You don't jump into a Soderbergh film.

I just wanted to do this all Australian film and we didn't want to give creative control to overseas 'cause whoever comes on my sets, whether you're sweeping the floor or an actor, it doesn't matter who comes up with the ideas, it's a collaboration.

Where I come from, it was a heresy to say you wanted to be in movies, leave alone American movies.

My fairy-tale life ended the moment I wanted to apply for a passport.

I wanted to become a kindergarten teacher like my mother.

There was a great strain in our family because my father didn't want anything to do with me. He was happy to see my brother and sister, but not me. I don't know why. Maybe it was shame. I don't know. But he never wanted anything to do with me. That rejection was terribly hurtful and it went on for years.

I was a baseball fan myself, I wanted to play baseball.

I didn't want to be like Yeats; I wanted to be Yeats.

I wanted to grow up to be just like my father.

I wanted to write songs that were as good as the covers.

Scarlett O'Hara didn't think she was manipulating. That's just the way she got what she wanted.

It was the Control album that was really about what I wanted to do.