Want Me Quotes - Page 15

• Good, bad mediocre or whatever it is, if a director wants me in his movie, I take it as a compliment.

  Scott Caan

  Directors, Want, Compliment

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• An actor is somebody who communicates someone else's words and emotions to an audience. It's not me. It's what writers want me to be.

  Maggie Smith

  Actors, Want, Emotion

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• Now, I swore an oath to uphold the laws on the books... Now, I know some people want me to bypass Congress and change the laws on my own... Believe me, the idea of doing things on my own is very tempting. I promise you. Not just on immigration reform. But that's not how - that's not how our system works. That's not how our democracy functions. Thats not how our Constitution is written.

  Barack Obama

  Believe, Book, Law

  President Barack Obama's remarks to the National Council of La Raza, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. July 25, 2011.

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• I consider my relationship with acting in Hollywood as sort of a mutual breakup. Through puberty, Hollywood didn't really want me anymore, and I was like, 'Yeah, I don't really want you, either.'

  Mara Wilson

  Breakup, Acting, Hollywood

  "She's his G--damn kid too: Mara Wilson on 'Mrs. Doubtfire' 20th Anniversary" by Kase Wickman, www.mtv.com. November 21, 2013.

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• I don't need someone that sees what's good about me. I need someone that sees the bad and still wants me.

  Wiz Khalifa

  Relationship, Needs, Want

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• I am not the girl the guy gets at the end of the movie. I am not a fantasy. If you want me, earn me.

  Olivia

  Girl, Guy, Want

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• Marc if you want me to go to the bottom of the pool, I'll go there.

  Nancy O'Dell

  Europe, Want, Pool

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• In the dead silence, all the details suddenly fell into place for me with a burst of intuition. Something Edward didn't want me to know. Something that Jacob wouldn't have kept from me.... It was never going to end, was it?

  Stephenie Meyer

  Silence, Intuition, Vampire

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• You ain't got but one life. You ought to live it the way you want.

  Samuel L. Jackson

  Meaningful, Want, Way

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• I can be a very valuable friend to you, but you do not want me as an enemy.

  Matthew Quick

  Enemy, Want, Valuable

  Matthew Quick (2010). “The Silver Linings Playbook: A Novel”, p.177, Macmillan

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• Did you want me to stay?" Kylie's yes and Lucas' no chimed out at the same time. "Sorry," Lucas said, not sounding sorry as he looked at Della. "But I need Kylie's full attention to teach her, and you would just distract her." "Right," Della said in a tone of complete disbelief. Lucas frowned at the vamp. "Okay," Della said. "I'll just mosey along.

  C.C. Hunter

  Sorry, Needs, Attention

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• Writing is far too hard work to say what someone else wants me to. Serving it as a craft, using it as a way of growing in my own understanding, seems to me to be a beautiful way to live. And if that product is shareable with other people, so much the better.

  Jane Rule

  Beautiful, Hard Work, Writing

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• They want me to give another concert but I have no desire to do so. You cannot imagine what a torture the three days before a public appearance are to me.

  Frederic Chopin

  People, Giving, Desire

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• It always amazes me when people go rent horses and ride them. You mean you want me to pay you to ride a horse?

  William Lucking

  Horse, Mean, People

  "William Lucking rode many a motorcycle in films". Interview with Peter Hartlaub, www.sfgate.com. November 9, 2008.

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• The parts of me that hurt the worst want me to write something for them, but I can't. I don't know what to say. I'm lost in all this sadness, and so are they.

  Ashly Lorenzana

  Hurt, Writing, Sadness

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• I don't want to be in some big beautiful place that nobody want me, because I play the blues.

  Luther Allison

  Beautiful, Play, Want

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• Unfortunately, overall, movies are a conglomerate. People buy and sell people in this business, which can get really ugly unless you have the right set of values and understand why you're doing it. Luckily, I was raised by people who'd already gotten to that point, and seen all the yuck stuff - which is probably why they originally didn't want me to act.

  Laura Dern

  People, Ugly, Get Real

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• My manager wants me to dress like a nun and I want to dress like a teenager.

  Anna Kournikova

  Sports, Teenager, Dresses

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• A lot of people are sitting around waiting for God to tell them what to do. I think God is saying 'Do what you want!' If he wants me to express His love, I need to find a way to do it.

  Rich Mullins

  Thinking, People, Waiting

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• All these other nations seem to appreciate what I'm doing and they want me to play the furthest out things.

  Sun Ra

  Play, Appreciate, Want

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• Is there a doctor in the house? My parents want me to marry you.

  Wendy Liebman

  Doctors, House, Parent

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• I know people want me to sort of defend myself, to sit here and be like, 'I'm a boy, but I wear makeup sometimes.' But, you know, to me, it doesn't really matter. I don't really have that sort of strong gender identity-I identify as what I am. The fact that people are using it for creative or marketing purposes, it's just kind of like having a skill and using it to earn money.

  Andrej Pejic

  Strong, Makeup, Boys

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• Eisenhower had run the Army; he knew all the ways decision making can go off the rails, and insisted on collective debate precisely to prevent senior officials from freelancing, or putting their departmental interests first. For all the formal machinery, Eisenhower was very literally the commander in chief, making the key decisions himself and monitoring closely how they were carried out. Even years after D-Day, when critics needled him for not being on the front lines with the invading forces, he retorted, “I planned it and took responsibility for it. Did you want me to unload a truck?

  Nancy Gibbs

  Senior, Running, Responsibility

  Nancy Gibbs, Michael Duffy (2012). “The Presidents Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity”, p.118, Simon and Schuster

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• Lord, may I think what you want me to think. May I desire what you want me to desire. May I speak as you want me to speak. May I work as you want me to work.

  Pedro Poveda Castroverde

  God, Christian, Work

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• I figure it this way - if a woman claims she didn't want me to fudge her, then you already know she's a liar. So what the hell's the point of a trial, y'know?

  Zach Braff

  Liars, Trials, Fudge

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