From childhood I was passionately fond of music and wanted to be a musician. I have no recollection of any real desire ever to be anything else.

What I took back because of my exposure to the Jewish music of the 30s and the 40s in my upbringing with my father was that kind of theatrical songwriting. It was always a part of my character. This desire to make people laugh.

Music is the career I'm lucky enough to get paid for but I have other desires and passions.

James Cagney Steve McQueen I loved all those guys. I grew up loving the movies but had no desire to be in them.

I find that when you see somebody in the tabloids all the time you have no desire to see them in movies.

A lot of people just go to movies that feed into their preexisting and not so noble needs and desires: They just go to action pictures and things like that.

The nature of the movies is different than it was five years ago and they're all driven by the possibilities of CGI which means you can make anything happen on screen that you can possibly desire.

Always desire to learn something useful.

The will to win the desire to succeed the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve not by the desire to beat others.