She's everything I wanted when I was young and everything…

The only thing I wanted to do when I was a young naive kid was to become a New York stage actor.

— Oliver Platt

I always wanted to be a young mom, but generations of women have worked so hard so we can have a career and wait…

— Brittany Murphy

It wasn't like I grew up wanting to be a competitive eater at all. Not like a lot of people, like football players, famous…

— Joey Chestnut

For me, it's important to be the representation that I wanted when I was a young girl.

— Danielle Brooks

One day I realized that that was not what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. I wanted to chase my…

— Drew Waters

I definitely wanted to be an actor. I didn't want to be on TV, I didn't want to be famous, I didn't want to…

— Lauren Graham

I always wanted to be a young mum.

— Frankie Bridge

It wasn't through choice that I became a mum at 36. I wanted to be a young mum but things never worked out for me.

— Denise Van Outen

I just wanted to show young people you can be you and wear what you want.

— Courtney Act

I wanted young people to know that I was just a typical child.

— John Lewis

“William Frederick ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody, hunter, Indian-fighter and showman, joined the Pony Express – the West’s legendary mail service – at the age of…

— John Lloyd

I wouldn't say there isn't a direct path to a successful career. There are people who knew exactly what they wanted to do from…

— Clayton M. Christensen

I used to think that I could be successful if I pretended to be a 23-year-old black woman. I wanted to find a young…

— Edmund White

I wanted young women to know that I was very lucky that I worked for people who literally let me be me. If I…

— Alyssa Mastromonaco

One thing I wanted to do from when I was young was buy my parents a house. I have done that in Ivory Coast.

— Wilfried Zaha