My mum wanted me to be a doctor because she worked in…

“The sonic screwdriver from Doctor Who might have worked, having been canonically established as being ineffective on wood, but nobody had ever figured out…

— Jim C. Hines

My dad was a doctor who worked at a jail. He was more like a jail administrator. My mom was a public school teacher.…

— Dan Amboyer

My mum has never wanted me to have children. She thinks I would be destroying my life, even now.

— Tracey Emin

I think my mum wanted me to join the army or something, or become a surveyor - something with good career prospects.

— Andy Serkis

My mum always wanted me to have a career. Now she says that I've gone and got myself the best one in the world.

— Bugzy Malone

My mum very much wanted me to go into the theatre.

— Peter Sellers

My mum wanted me to go to university.

— Florence Welch

I always loved cooking, from an early age. I kind of wanted to be a chef.

— Caleb Followill

My father cried when I said I wanted to be a chef.

— Michael Symon

I always wanted to be a chef. Flavors and food were always of interest to me, but it was how those things brought friends…

— Maneet Chauhan

So, when I was about eight, I told my mother that I wanted to be a chef - and a police man, too. I…

— Dominique Crenn

I always knew I wanted to be a chef.

— Grant Achatz

I wanted to be a chef; I became a hero.

— Jackie Shroff

I wanted to be a doctor when I was a kid, but I started doing theater in high school because it was a requirement.…

— Sophia Bush

You wanted to become a doctor to help people and feel better at the end of your job, I think, watching them, as the…

— Caitlin Moran