- Keep
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- Nov 07, 2020
Want Quotes
On desire, ambition and the pull of what we want.
These quotes cover a range of wants: professional ambitions, creative goals, and the pressure to keep meeting requests from others once some success arrives. For more on ambition, see our Just quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
I cannot tolerate fools - won't have anything to do with them. I only want to associate with brilliant people.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I take a script and mull over it and underline the bits I want to emphasize. When I go to the set, I know exactly what I want to do.
- Giving
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you give what can be taken, you are not really giving. Take what you are given, not what you want to be given. Give what cannot be taken.
- Jail
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I was gonna go to jail, I don't want to go to jail for stealing a bottle of water. I'll steal that $20 million. At least then it was worth it.
- Healthcare
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to go to Sierra Leone with something - whether it's some sort of contribution to healthcare, or to the entertainment industry. My cousin is a nurse; we are talking about opening a clinic.
- Stay
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- Nov 07, 2020
You don't particularly want to stay close to your ex-wife. Or why would she be your ex-wife?
- Independence
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- Nov 07, 2020
Declaring independence was the most traumatic decision I had to live up to. Because I didn't want to do it.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just want to make it clear that I have been working since I was ten years old.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I started this I wanted to get back in the pool, I wanted to race and I wanted to go to the Olympics. I still want to do all of those things.
- List
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's so much that I want to see and do, and being megafamous is not on my to-do list.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I want to communicate with fans, usually I go on Twitter.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just want to be rich and famous.
- Decisions
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm really anti-option, so computers have been my nightmare with recording. I don't want endless tracks; I want less tracks. I want decisions to be made.
- Leave
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- Nov 07, 2020
When the ravens leave the Tower, England shall fall, they say. We want to be there shooting the ravens.
- Nov 07, 2020