As a filmmaker, I don't want to limit myself to one kind of movie. After 'Headhunters,' I went to Hollywood and read a lot of scripts: lots of action thrillers and heist movies, and superhero films.
If I advocate cautious optimism it is not because I do not have faith in the future but because I do not want to encourage blind faith.
If you've never been to one of my concerts. I want you to know that it is OK to scream and yell.
I don't want to write lines where characters tell me exactly how they feel; I want to see people talk about anything but their feelings, like they do in real life.
Programmers are in the enviable position of not only getting to do what they want to, but because the end result is so important they get paid to do it. There are other professions like that, but not that many.
The choruses are important for me. I want to say something, and sing-along is great.
I don't think the government is out to get me or help someone else get me but it wouldn't surprise me if they were out to sell me something or help someone else sell me something. I mean, why else would the Census Bureau want to know my telephone number?
If you want to live a memorable life, you have to be the kind of person who remembers to remember.
You've got to do the same sort of outreach to Hispanics that you do to any other group. They want to see their congressman.
With some other top players I'm part of a company trying to put on events in Europe, especially Germany, but also Poland, Austria, Russia. There's so much talent coming out of the Far East now, and we want the same thing in Europe.
I want to be prophetic and take stands and stand with those on the margins, and I want to laugh as much as I can.
I think that if your approach is one where you don't want to alienate anybody, you're going to have to soften the viewpoint or the information that you're offering to such an extent that it doesn't have the power to make any difference. You have to take that risk.
All of my judges will want to welcome every child into the world, give them a place at the table.
So we are pretty convinced we don't want to play huge stadiums unless we can play them well.
First and foremost, we need to be the adults we want our children to be. We should watch our own gossiping and anger. We should model the kindness we want to see.
Before my book, 'California,' came out, I had modest hopes for it. Or, let's put it this way - I had the same hopes that every literary fiction writer in America has: I wanted the novel to be well-received, critically. As for sales? I didn't want it to disappoint, but I didn't expect it to be a best-seller, either.
I just want to be myself.
I was made fun of in the Midwest - I was the only Asian in my graduating class of 200. Fortunately, I found my niche, and it was fine. But I wanted to be so white, you wouldn't believe it. I was like, 'I want to be white; I don't want to be this anymore.' But now I embrace it.
My dad read the Bible ten times, and I want to do it in my lifetime. But it's definitely tough getting through.
If you got something you don't want other people to know, keep it in your pocket.
I took a cabbie to taxi court once. Years ago, this guy didn't want to take me to Brooklyn. Just refused. I explained that I would absolutely take him to Taxi Court because, see, I'm an actor and have pretty much nothing but free time.
Those who want to row on the ocean of human knowledge do not get far, and the storm drives those out of their course who set sail.
I don't want to come off like the jealous brother who wasn't getting the attention, but it was like no one was really into me anyway. I wasn't really a priority.
I don't want to be put in a category.
I know when I started I would have been happy to sound like the Beatles or Joe Tex or whoever. You want to sound like most bands, you want to sound like their records and that's how you learn your chops.
I always want to be known as a good Test cricketer. I believe I have the ability to score big runs in the longer format. For that, I know I have to score heavily in whatever opportunities I get.
I think you want to try every sport possible just to experience life.
If you want to remain the best, you have to keep on doing what you are good at.
Theory not only formulates what we know but also tells us what we want to know, that is, the questions to which an answer is needed.
You don't want to influence the same system you are trying to forecast.
I'm very sassy. I want to show people in my album I'm not like my characters on TV.
Hollywood people want to build you up and make you famous only to knock you off you're the pedestal they built for you.
If you want to recapture your youth, just cut off his allowance.
I want people to see themselves in a person. I never want someone to aspire to be someone else.
You get what you reward. Be clear about what you want to get and systematically reward it.
Skype is easy enough to use so that people don't need to be tech savvy - a lot of users just want to communicate with their friends and family, and they find this is the easiest, cheapest way.
