I had a big troupe a big army and it was a lot of fun. And after 10 years of that I just decided that I wanted to travel and do special dates. I go to Las Vegas these days.

I wanted to have the opportunity to travel to Vietnam and Sydney and have the chance to work there.

I was young. I was newly married. And I had worked like a dog. I just wanted to live and travel.

When I thought I was retired I wanted to travel around the world and watch soccer games.

I never said I wanted to be around for a long time. I always said I wanted to be here for a good time.

I've done everything I wanted to do even if I have had to pay a very high price - which has been the case most of the time.

I went to Massachusetts to make a difference. I didn't go there to begin a political career running time and time again. I made a difference. I put in place the things I wanted to do.

I remember the time I was kidnapped and they sent a piece of my finger to my father. He said he wanted more proof.

I really wanted to retire and rest and spend more time with my children my grandchildren and of course with my wife.

Certainly my parents were a huge influence. They always expected the most out of all of us. And expected us to do our very best. I'm thankful to them for allowing me to do what I wanted to do.

All I ever wanted really and continue to want out of life is to give 100 percent to whatever I'm doing and to be committed to whatever I'm doing and then let the results speak for themselves. Also to never take myself or people for granted and always be thankful and grateful to the people who helped me.

Writing a teen character is something I wanted to try again for a long time!

I really liked 'Starter For Ten' because I grew up watching 1980s teen films like 'St. Elmo's Fire' and 'The Breakfast Club' and I've always wanted to play the underdog lead hero in a 1980s-inspired film.

I was never interested in 'Teen Beat' like roles. I just wanted to work.

I remember the first time I saw the 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' video. I will never forget that day. I just wanted to see Kurt Cobain's face. I had a feeling he was very cute. But I couldn't see his face. When I finally did see him he was even cuter than I imagined!

I didn't want to be the typical teen idol. I didn't want to be Leif Garrett. I didn't want to be Shaun Cassidy David Cassidy or Parker Stevenson. I wanted to do my own thing.

I found my niche as a character actor and I've never felt like a movie star or teen idol and never wanted to.

Growing up I wanted desperately to please to be a good girl.

I wanted to be with the kind of people I'd grown up with but you can't go back to them and be one of them again no matter how hard you try.

I wanted to be a pilot. I loved flying and I loved all the technology and the equipment and the sense of adventure that came with it. I think that feeling still bleeds over into everything I do today.

I am in the process of trying to decide whether I can make a substantive and productive contribution to the policy-making process. I was always there because I wanted to work on the pressing issues of the day - I'm interested in energy I'm interested in the climate bill and technology policy.

The U.S. government knew that China wanted to acquire sensitive U.S. technology and instead of implementing a policy to prevent them from acquiring the information the government all but gave them an invitation to take our equipment and designs.

I knew I wanted to do something at the nexus of what I call global development and technology.

In my mind I needed a symbol of today's technology and I realized that what I wanted to photograph was the Space Shuttle. And so that's where Places of Power came into being.