#wanted

Hollywood always wanted me to be pretty, but I fought for realism. ↗

— Bette Davis

#fought #hollywood #i #me #pretty

My parents had us very young. We lived in a modest house. We built forts, we hiked, we went camping and they wanted us to be independent. It's how children grew up in the 1940s and 50s: outside all the time, playing in the dirt, riding your bike around. ↗

— Brooklyn Decker

#bike #built #camping #children #dirt

I spent the first 25 years of my life not knowing what I wanted to do. ↗

— Jack Dee

#i #knowing #life #my life #not knowing

At one time, whenever the hell it was, they wanted a character to come in and stir up the pot. They brought me in for 8-10 episodes and said we'll try it for that. ↗

— William Devane

#character #come #episodes #hell #me

Understand, I had absolutely no interest in writing; I wanted to be a Writer. ↗

— Kate DiCamillo

#had #i #interest #understand #wanted

I didn't know what types of movies I wanted to do. I want to do things that are different. I want to take my time with each role. ↗

— Leonardo DiCaprio

#each #i #know #movies #my time

If you had asked me back in grade school what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would have said my first choice was an actor, but if I couldn't be that, I'd want to be a superhero. ↗

— Vin Diesel

#asked #back #choice #first #grade

I never wanted to change countries; it's something that is part of me. ↗

— Novak Djokovic

#countries #i #me #never #part

When I was a kid, if you didn't speak Irish, you really wanted to. And you played Gaelic games and you didn't pay any attention to what was happening in the outside world, because really, Ireland was the center of the universe. And I don't think that's the case anymore. Although, admittedly, it is the center of the universe. ↗

— Roddy Doyle

#although #any #anymore #attention #because

I always wanted to perform. ↗

— Julia Louis-Dreyfus

#i #i always #perform #wanted