Wanted Quotes - Page 26

• I have a real passion for driving. Earlier on in my life I wanted to be a race car driver. But I don't pay an extortionate amount of money for cars. I'm pretty frugal.

  John Barrowman

  Real, Passion, Race

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• When I was younger I wanted to be an airline pilot, but that lasted for about 30 seconds.

  John Barrowman

  Pilots, Airline, Seconds

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• I'm really not an actor of any kind. I've always seen myself as an entertainer, someone who makes people laugh. That's all I've ever wanted to do. 'Doctor Who' has always just been me, really.

  Tom Baker

  Doctors, People, Laughing

  "Interview: Doctor Who star Tom Baker". Interview with Paul Whitelaw, www.scotsman.com. August 20, 2009.

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• There was no one around called 'Val' when I was young, so I wanted to be John or Bill. Now I like it.

  Val Kilmer

  Bills, Young

  "This much I know" by Ben Mitchell, www.theguardian.com. May 14, 2005.

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• I still do miss the freedom to play any kind of character I wanted to play.

  Dave Foley

  Character, Play, Missing

  "The Kids In The Hall, part 1". Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. June 30, 2004.

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• It was very clear to me I wanted to be an actor when I got out into civilian life.

  Adam Driver

  Actors, Clear, Civilians

  "It was very clear to me I wanted to be an actor when I got out into civilian life". Interview with Jonathan Bernstein, www.theguardian.com. January 18, 2014.

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• I don't like acting and I never have liked acting and I never wanted to be an actress.

  Elsa Lanchester

  Acting, Actresses

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• I dont have a place that I call home at the moment because theres no point. I mean, Im a traveling circus for a while. Its weird. Like, if I wanted to go home, theres nowhere to go. I just go to a hotel. But Ive kind of gotten used to it.

  Idris Elba

  Home, Mean, Circus

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• I'm from the theater. I never wanted to be a star.

  Sherry Stringfield

  Stars, Theater

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• Even when I was little and going on auditions, it was clear who was there because they wanted to be there, and who was there because their stage parents were making them be there. There was a major difference.

  Wil Wheaton

  Differences, Parent, Littles

  "Wil Wheaton" by Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. November 20, 2002.

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• I really tried to make movies I wanted to see. I thought that if I was good enough, somebody would always need me.

  Jason Patric

  Needs, Good Enough, Ifs

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• I knew I had to be the best at something, otherwise I would be nothing. I knew I wanted the world to know about Brigitte Bardot.

  Brigitte Bardot

  Would Be, World, Being The Best

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• I wanted to be myself. Only myself.

  Brigitte Bardot

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• I started out as a writer and a director. I started acting because I wanted to know how to relate to the actors. When people ask me what I do, I don't really say that I'm an actor, because actors often wait for someone to give them roles.

  Chadwick Boseman

  People, Giving, Waiting

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

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• When I was 10, I knew there was something different about me. Everyone was football-mad, but I just wanted to watch musicals and see art.

  Bruno Tonioli

  Football, Art, Mad

  Twitter post from Mar 28, 2018

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• I stopped acting because I had other passions I wanted to pursue.

  Tina Yothers

  Passion, Acting, Pursue

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• I got in touch with my agent and told him I wanted to start going out on things again.

  Tina Yothers

  Going Out, Agents

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• Maybe my way of communicating through sign made me more in tune with my body and how it moved. Who knows? I just know when I saw a stage for the first time, I wanted to be on it.

  Marlee Matlin

  Tunes, Body, Way

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• At about twelve I just knew, something clicked, and I knew I wanted to be an actor and my parents, to their credit, granted this 12 year old girl a chance to give it a try.

  Erika Christensen

  Girl, Years, Giving

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• I've never wanted to be the ingenue. Now that I'm getting into my forties, I think my time as a woman has arrived; I think I might have a new moment in my career. I have that drive left - just for a little while.

  Debi Mazar

  Thinking, Careers, Littles

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• I wanted to come up with a hybrid show of sorts that wasn't your traditional 'dump and stir' type of cooking show.

  Debi Mazar

  Cooking, Type, Come Up

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• As a kid, I always wanted to be Carol Burnett or Johnny Carson. I love to chat and entertain.

  Caroline Rhea

  Kids, Carols

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• I grew up thinking that if I wanted to go be prime minister, I could.

  Caroline Rhea

  Thinking, Grew Up, Prime

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• I wanted to go into art history. Acting fell into my lap when a neighbor took pictures of me and showed them to an agent.

  Eva Mendes

  Art, Acting, Lap

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

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• I turned down a lot of easier opportunities in order to go for the things that I really and ultimately wanted to do. And what's really nice is that it's starting to work. I've been an actor for coming up on 14 years now and the level of activity that's taking place now is a culmination of a slow cooker approach to as opposed to a microwave.

  David Oyelowo

  Nice, Opportunity, Order

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