"I'm probably slightly more famous than I've been comfortable with. Famous enough to have my phone calls returned is about as famous as I want to be."
Want quotes
Want
24.4K quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Explore further
Topics related to Want
Browse quotes that often appear alongside want — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
Want quotes (page 257 of 1222)
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"It's one thing to want money, but if you find yourself choking on a coin as you wake, the money is slightly less desirable."
"Whatever the regulations are, you can be as dark and disturbing as you want and we're going to go in that direction. The intention is to be as dark and scary as possible with the show. And that was our whole kind of plan going in, to make it scary. So we're going to explore all kinds of things."
"As soon as you start preaching, nobody wants to hear you because then you're a jerk."
"Vinyl is great, I made a lot of vinyl, but I don't want new vinyl that's from digital sources, because that's a rip off."
"People don't normally change when things are going well. But I want to see what's next and keep moving. That keeps things fresh."
"If you want to get lost in the jungle rhythm, get down on the ground and pretend you're swimming."
"All I'm doing is writing it down and putting it in a cadence. Once I get into a cadence, then why should I even stop and wonder what it is? You can do that for the rest of your life, but when it's coming out, you don't want to stop it."
"I want to be a reflection of what's going on and let people draw their own conclusions."
"You are the illusion, be anything you want to be!"
"As soon as I walk out that door, you're gonna decide you want me back. You might even tell yourself that you're in love with me. But you're not. You never will be."
"You don't want a slob, but you don't want a guy who is constantly borrowing your tweezers."
"I really, really want to produce. That's the top of my to-do list."
"Sometimes when you love people, you want to believe they're good."
"I just don't really want to settle and I don't think I should have to."
"I think that everyone can change if the right person comes along, and I think that every girl wants to be the right person"
"As actors we always say that once the person in a scene gets what they want, the scene is over. It's resolved. But life is never resolved - you're always in the process."
"While I very much wanted to be in a relationship, I didn't want to be in the wrong one."
"You want the story to end when it's supposed to and not be squeezed for somebody's financial gain."
"No guest rooms.” I shake my head resolutely. “I want to be in a room room. A lived-in room."