Wanted Quotes - Page 32

• Let go of the past, of the things I wanted, of the people I loved, and move forward.

  Devon Monk

  Letting Go, Moving, Past

  Devon Monk (2009). “Magic in the Shadows: An Allie Beckstrom Novel”, p.21, Penguin

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• 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.

  Scott Foley

  Growing Up, Thinking, Lucky

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

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• Everything I wanted before, I want twice as much now. And that doesn't mean material things; it means to explore more, to think more. Being an artist doesn't start because you're 21, and it doesn't end because you're 51. You are who you are until the day you die.

  Jennifer Lopez

  Mean, Artist, Thinking

  "Jennifer Lopez: I Would Never Have In Vitro, I’m ‘Hyper J Lo’ Now", www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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• I was looking for something and I wasn't sure what it was. [After experimenting with] certain funguses, I had a psychedelic experience where I looked up at the clouds and went, 'Oh!' I realized that we all have our own power, and that whatever I wanted to do, I had to make happen.

  Adam Lambert

  Clouds, Psychedelic, Certain

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• I started acting because I was miserable and crazy and wanted to be someone else, to run around and scream in front of people without getting in trouble.

  Michael Shannon

  Running, Crazy, People

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• I pierced one nipple. Not both. Just one. She has it in the books and I wanted to get as many of the piercings as I could, and I spent so much time on this film naked, and I just had to be really comfortable with that right away . . . I'm gonna keep it for now. I don't want to have to repierce that should we do the other two films.

  Rooney Mara

  Book, Two, Naked

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• A lot of people don't know this, but when 'Dancing with the Stars' first asked me to be on the show, I said no, because I wanted to act and to be taken seriously.

  Julianne Hough

  Stars, Taken, People

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• I decided I was sick of trying to figure out what everybody else wanted, and I should just decide what I want, and be honest, and not spend all my time guessing.

  Katherine Heigl

  Sick, Trying, Guessing

  "Katherine Heigl On How “Knocked Up” Is Sexist, Ratings Ploys And Mormonism". www.huffingtonpost.com. March 28, 2008.

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• I wanted to do what Marilyn Monroe did (during the Korean War), when she went and just set up a stage and did a concert for the troops all by herself. It's so amazing seeing that one woman just going somewhere, this beautiful sex kitten, who's basically a pinup, which is what I've always aspired to be.

  Lindsay Lohan

  Beautiful, Sex, War

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• I never felt hard done by and never wanted for anything, but I grew up in a wealthy area where I saw people being handed things on a plate. So it made me want to earn some money and be able to buy things for myself.

  Holly Valance

  People, Done, Want

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• The first time I went to see a Second City show, I was in awe of everything. I just wanted to touch the same stage that Gilda Radner had walked on. It was sacred ground.

  Tina Fey

  Cities, Sacred, Firsts

  Interview by Eric Spitznagel, www.believermag.com. November 2003.

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• At one point, Lucille's agent wanted to have me fired, telling her that my eyes were bigger than hers. When I head this, I told her that if I had her looks and talent, I'd keep me and fire the agent!

  Vivian Vance

  Eye, Fire, Looks

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• Fame gives you everything you never wanted.

  Ava Gardner

  Giving, Fame

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• My parents didn't want me to be a regular in a series. I was a working actor from time to time but they thought was a little too much being a star of a series. They wanted me to have a slightly more normal childhood.

  Harry Shearer

  Stars, Childhood, Parent

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• The theme of the collection this time is MONSTER. It's not about the typical Monster you find in sci-fi and video games. The expression of the Monsters I have made has a much deeper meaning. The craziness of humanity, the fear we all have, the feeling of going beyond common sense, the absence of ordinariness, expressed by something extremely big, by something that could be ugly or beautiful. In other words, I wanted to question the established standards of beauty.

  Rei Kawakubo

  Beautiful, Expression, Games

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• Growing up, I just wanted to be like everyone else. I didn't value or understand the beauty in being different at the time in my life.

  Marisol Nichols

  Growing Up, Being Different, Values

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

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• I am one of the lucky people in the world; I found something I always wanted to do, and I have enjoyed every single minute of it.

  Johnny Carson

  People, Lucky, World

  "Johnny Carson: The Man Who Retired" by Bill Zehme, www.esquire.com. April 3, 2014.

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• I wanted very much to do Traffic and at one point it looked like I was going to work on it. And then, of course, Catherine Zeta-Jones had her relationship with Michael Douglas and it suddenly didn't happen.

  Kevin Costner

  Zeta, Traffic, Going To Work

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• I really wanted to be an opera soprano.

  Maureen O'Hara

  Opera, Sopranos

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• I went out for a film where they wanted seven brothers and one sister, so I was there for half a day while they were waiting for 'Archie' to read for a boy I've had drivers come to pick me up in England looking for a blond, blue-eyed Scottish boy.

  Archie Panjabi

  Brother, Boys, Blue

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I did theatre a lot when I was a kid. Then I went to acting school in New York. I did a lot of behind the scenes in college. I wanted to learn while I had the time. I studied theatre and film in different capacities.

  Justin Bartha

  New York, School, Kids

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• I never wanted to do the same kind of movies over and over anyway, so my theory on it all is I'm just gonna try and dodge the label and keep doing what I am doing.

  Matt Damon

  Trying, Labels, Dodge

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• If they'd wanted a nice parrot, they wouldn't have asked for me.

  Gilbert Gottfried

  Nice, Parrots, Ifs

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• I really hated school and so I just wanted to stay home and watch 'I Love Lucy' and watch the movies that inspired me to the point where we are sitting here.

  Justin Long

  Home, School, Watches

  Interview with Fred Topel, www.cinemablend.com. August 14, 2006.

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• I was a guy who needed to go to class, because I had some raw talent that I thought was identifiable, when I finally made a decision to be an actor. And yet I wanted to learn how to really do the stuff. You know, 'How do I get to be a serious actor?

  Jon Voight

  Class, Guy, Decision

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