Quotes About Aspiration

I wanted to be a New York City cop before I became an actor.

When I moved to New York City in 1965, I wanted to be in theater. I was following my Ethel Barrymore dream. But I was too young to be Ethel.

I knew I wanted to be a ballet dancer, but what kind, I wasn't sure. My two dream companies had been New York City Ballet and American Ballet Theater.

I wanted to be a New York City firefighter. I didn't make it in, though.

During the time I was Miss America, I had come to New York City because I had decided I wanted to try to get into television.

That's how I started. I moved to New York City, and I was a makeup artist.

I didn't grow up, really, in the film business, even though my parents are both artists. I grew up in New York City. They would never put me into acting. I just kind of wanted it, and I told them that.

I moved to New York City in the '80s to be an actress and to be on Broadway. That was always my dream.

There's nothing more fun than seeing the things that you dreamed about when you were a kid come true. I'm headlining an iconic theater in New York City during the New York Comedy Festival. When you're starting off as a comedian, you don't think that's ever going to happen.

It'd be crazy to be an all-time great in New York City. That's a dream come true.

I got my start in the 'New York Times' because I used to read Stuart Elliot, the advertising columns. I still do. And I read him so religiously, I wanted to work for him before I died.

I never set out to do this - getting to No. 1 in the 'New York Times' bestseller list wasn't even a pipedream.

I was a medium-level juvenile delinquent from Newark who always dreamed about doing a movie.

What good was being the king of the rackets in Newark, N.J., if you couldn't have DiMaggio at your dinner table?

We were one of the hottest bands in Jersey, but I was burning up because I knew I'd never be a star in Newark. I knew the action was in Nashville and that's where I wanted to be.

I want to entertain, I want Newcastle United that is the best it can possibly be.

The reason I joined Newcastle was because I could see we could do great things.

Lord of the Rings was something I always wanted to do. I read the book when I was about 25, and I was always hoping if it was ever made into a feature film that I would be involved in some way. And then I finally got it, and I was over the moon. It was fantastic news.

I couldn't even pick up the newspaper without saying, 'This is a fine piece of writing. I wish to hell I could write like this.'

When I graduated from college, I tried my hardest to get a job at an accounting firm, and it just wasn't meant to be. I ended up delivering pizzas and newspapers. I knew my life was cracked up to be a little more.

I want to be the next legend.

I'm going to be the next king of the Earth.

I'm a sort of boy next door. If that boy has a good scriptwriter.

My parents didn't have the opportunities they would have liked, but they didn't complain about that because they thought they were part of a society where the next generation would have those opportunities.