Wanted Quotes · Page 64

I've always wanted to play the villain. But the young girl is never the villain.

— Katherine Waterston

How would I behave in a situation that caused me to summon the essence of my character? The tragedy inspired me to…

— Aron Ralston

In my early years, there were a number of experiences that made me decide I could not afford the luxury of just…

— Cicely Tyson

I sort of knew very early on that I wanted to be a writer. Even in high school, I was a big…

— Lena Waithe

All my life I've wanted, just once, to say something clever without losing my train of thought

— Robert Breault

But there were times when you felt miserable and you wanted to feel better, and other times when you felt miserable and…

— Ann Brashares

I think I've achieved everything I wanted to.

— Natalie du Toit

But having said that, regardless to what reviews come out whatever, I like love the movie. I think it's great, and so…

— Nicholas Stoller

The other girls in the village never felt restless. Nhamo was like a pot of boiling water. 'I want...I want...,' she whispered…

— Nancy Farmer

I'm a Gemini and Lucas Goodman is a Leo, so we definitely wanted some duality. We definitely balance each other out in…

— Jillian Hervey

I didn't want to write for pay. I wanted to be paid for what I write.

— Leonard Cohen

People ask me who my favorite inker is and I tell them my favorite inker was Joe Sinnott...but I was the best.…

— Mike Royer

My drawings at first were made altogether in watercolors, but they wanted softness and a great deal of finish.

— John James Audubon

I didn't really know what I wanted to do, and then I got this call from a casting director in Los Angeles.…

— Scott Speedman

She wanted him to stop, but more than that, she wanted him to go on forever.

— Lisa Kleypas

We just wanted to get as far away from the rap-rock scene as possible, because its been done and other bands do…

— Adam Rich

Some people make a career out of doing one thing, but I wanted to diversify my body of work.

— Morris Chestnut

Originally, I wanted a machine that would cost $100. My idea was to spend nothing on the console technology so all the…

— Shigeru Miyamoto

I'm the person that's been that young, spunky kid that wanted to beat the top guys.

— Tyron Woodley

At college, I wanted to be a poet. I liked the extremely concentrated language, the atmosphere of otherworldliness.

— Walter Kirn

[Stanley] Kubrick was a great artist and a perfectionist. He always wanted the exact right thing. He did a million takes. Everything…

— Woody Allen

I actually moved to L.A. in 2005, and I wanted to be an actress.

— Denise Bidot

I wanted to be the Dutch Bruce Jenner - that was my goal. He was my hero.

— Bas Rutten

We wanted Nike to be the world's best sports and fitness company. Once you say that, you have a focus. You don't…

— Phil Knight

No one stopped me from playing when I was alone, but there were times when I wasn't able to, though I wanted…

— Lynda Barry

All I'd ever wanted was to forget. but even when I thought I had, pieces had kept emerging, like bits of wood…

— Sarah Dessen

My mother was a single working mother; she started having children very young. There was a tension inside her about who she…

— Natalie Merchant

As if a woman of education bought things because she wanted 'em.

— John Vanbrugh

I love the art history ones because it's so little work for me. There's so many paintings that when I look at…

— Mallory Ortberg

'I Am Legend' is quite unusual for its time. I just wanted to write a story about female boxers, and I couldn't…

— Richard Matheson

What I did warn about when I testified in front of Congress in 2002, I said if you want to worry about…

— Wesley Clark

I started producing in 1992 at the age of 15, when I found out music could be made with the help of…

— Laidback Luke

I was always telling my family I wanted to become an actress, and I did.

— Jackee Harry

And when I first started writing, it was literally in acting classes. And what would happen is now it's really easy to…

— Quentin Tarantino

I never put myself in that box of you're an Oscar winner so you can only do this or that. That's one…

— Halle Berry

I took pictures of the objects and artifacts that Patti [Smith] would show to her friends because I wanted to document them.

— Steven Sebring

The certainty that she would find what it was she sought just slipped away, until one night she knew there was nothing,…

— Kate Morton

I don't feel pressure, because I do what I want to do. I don't feel pressure at all. I've never done any…

— Denzel Washington

I just read about John Le Carre, the great spy novelist. He had an absolutely miserable childhood. His mother deserted him when…

— James Hillman

I always wanted to go to the Chavez school but I could never afford it when I was growing up so a…

— Lance Burton