If I could only remember that the days were, not bricks to be laid row on row, to be built into a solid house, where one might dwell in safety and peace, but only food for the fires of the heart.
I have no interest in returning to yesteryear. I love the conveniences and delights of today's time. I wouldn't go back if I could.
If I could be doing anything, I'd be laying on the floor in my birthday suit eating junk food and watching something dumb on TV.
All I want is the same opportunities as the filmmakers I grew up admiring. But you know, I've had lots of amazing opportunities to do the movies I wanted to do. If I could write my future, I'd want to keep making character-based films that can make use of my voice as a filmmaker.
I'd like to do the young cadet thing again for sure, but that's why I wanted to do this, to see if I could do it. I took the scenes out of the script and put them together and read them as one little arc, story and that seemed to work.
I should like to save the Shire, if I could - though there have been times when I thought the inhabitants too stupid and dull for words, and have felt that an earthquake or an invasion of dragons might be good for them.
I went out to some advertising agencies and asked if I could do anything.
I was thinking recently, I've always loved the ocean. If I could do it all again, I might do an oceanography degree. You can do ocean archaeology, and I thought that might be fascinating to do - man-made structures, where the sea has risen above the structures.
If I could find a white man who had the Negro sound and the Negro feel, I could make a billion dollars.
When I go to a gig and I hear a song that I really like, a song that hits home to me or hits an emotional nerve, if I could ever recreate that for someone, that would be the ultimate goal.
If I could always read, I should never feel the want of company.
I've found out how overwhelming the media is and the way it drills things into your head, it's almost like a mind control. If I could control prople's minds, I'd like to put something useful in.
Queens is so often treated as a stepchild and labeled as an outer borough. At the very least, if I could help bring more attention to what we need, and what the federal government needs to do to improve the quality of life of people right here in Queens - any way that I can do that, I'm very happy to do that.
If I could change my appearance, I would have the gap between my front teeth put back in.
Frankly, if I could get away with not having to perform, I'd be very happy. It's not my favorite thing to do.
Since an early age I was taught to be very politically aware and knew from childhood that the process was something I wanted to contribute towards if I could.
If I could be good at any sport, it'd be javelin. I know a few people I would love to throw a spear at.
I think that I'm so psychotic and so mentally ill that if I could tap into that I could do something really interesting.
If I could go back I might change Geronimo a bit. If I do, it will be made a longer version.
I would be onstage all the time if I could.
I love people and care about them, and I felt I had a gift to cheer people up. If I could get into their homes and make their environment more attractive, they'll be happier, and it would be very rewarding for me.
If I could go, I would tell the truth to the North American people. President Reagan personally ordered my visa to be denied.
If I could learn to treat triumph and disaster the same, then I would find bliss.
If I could time-travel, I would either go to the '70s and watch the first 'Star Wars' film the day it opened, or to 1880s London, during the Jack the Ripper era, and experience the true grossness of that time.
I get the feeling a lot of politicians are there to help themselves financially, first and foremost. I don't really need to do that, and I thought if I could do something for sport in Scotland, that would be really fulfilling.
If I could help educate our children at an institution for higher learning, that would be a noble thing.
I love 'Harry Potter.' I'm a huge nerd - I would dress up if I could.
If I could work with any actor it would have to be Johnny Depp. He is cool.
In my first film, I was a basketball player. Like every good actor, I lied when they asked me if I could play.
If I could have anyone on speed dial it would be George Clooney. He seems like a cool guy who would give good advice.
I've always done what I thought was good if I could live on what they were offering-and sometimes if I couldn't. So even when I was broke, my career didn't lack for interest.
I have a theory because I was being beaten up a lot by people outside of school, it was almost like if I could make myself sick enough they'd take sympathy on me.
Oh, if I could put some of my reckless spirit into these discreet cautious lazy men!
If I could I would always work in silence and obscurity, and let my efforts be known by their results.
Over four or five years, I did six albums with three people: John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen, and Patti Smith. I felt that if I could care as much about their music as they did, I could be useful to them. I really cared about their music and their lives.
I am a frustrated saxophone player. If I could, I would abandon all of my books, and I would trade it all if I could play the way people I admire play.
