Christian Louboutin Quotes

I have always been interested in fashion and even contemplated being a fashion designer at one point of time.

I once asked my father what he wanted me to be. To my horror, he said, 'sociologist.'

While my mother wanted me to be a musician, I wanted to become an electronic engineer.

I had the privilege of being able to choose, or at least have the opportunity to work at, being anything but an actor.

The day I went to see my father to say I wanted to become an architect, he was a bit surprised, because for him being a builder is much more than being just an architect. He was very angry, and I never thought I could do something else.

I'm either going to have the career I want doing films, or I'll do something else - I'll be gone.

I didn't feel like I was meant to be a nurse or a secretary.

As an undergrad, I studied engineering physics at the University of Oklahoma, and all my degrees are from engineering departments. My father wanted me to join him in the oil-field business in Oklahoma, but I wanted to be a scientist.

No one else in my family works in the fashion industry.

I was raised in, and presumably to, the cutlery business. I really didn't think that that's what I wanted to do for a career. But I felt a certain obligation to give it a try.

My father encouraged me to work in the library, just because it was the world that he knew. But I also wanted to do it. I also wanted to work in the library and be part of the library somehow, because it represented a world that really wasn't represented in my home, and I wanted it to be.

I always think about how Chaka Khan used to take suede, all these classic fabrics, and then make them very movable. She's my everything!

A lot of the Egyptian community is made up of doctors, pharmacists and engineers. All throughout high school I took sciences, but eventually I chose to pursue what I truly want to do.

My career choice has largely been what I wanted to do. I always knew that technology would be one of the threads.

I love doing these little collaborations. We collaborate with Stubbs & Wooton on the shoes for Michael Bastian.

I think Barbie and I are very similar in many respects. That's why she made such a great muse for the summer Moschino collection.

I never wanted to be an engineer.

If I hadn't become an actress, I would be a dancer.

I always wanted to be a designer and always felt surprised as a child when my sister used to deliberate about whether to be a nurse or a teacher.

I never really wanted to be a singer. I always preferred to be behind the camera.

I want to be like a Wendy Murdoch or a Georgina Chapman.

It was always my dream to be a dress designer, and my mother accepted that decision.

My aspiration isn't to be famous; it's to design clothes. If that gets me attention at the end of the day, cool.

I never wanted to be a scientist.

My dad wanted me to be a businessman, but I felt that wasn't for me.