70 People Ages 5-75 Answer: What Do You Want to Be Remembered For?

[Interviewer] What do you want to be remembered for?

I want people to say that I look pretty.

I'm a nice person.

I don't know.

Well I don't want to brag that they think I'm famous

but I don't want them to think that I'm their friend.

A very famous person.

Like the richest person in the world.

An actor and a singer.

A successful businessman and actor.

A good friend.

And sister.

And daughter.

The next David Copperfield.

As someone who changed the world

or someone who made a big difference in a big way.

Someone who breaks out of the mould,

who's the first at being something.

I want to change the world.

For always being me and

not what somebody else wanted me to be.

I would like to break down barriers for women.

I don't really care.

Somebody that brought a smile to

other peoples' faces when I was alive.

I think that it is so important

when you meet someone and it brightens your day.

I like that.

I want to be remembered as someone who's

loving,

caring,

and uses her art form

to give back to the community.

For making people laugh.

Someone who had something to say.

I'd like to be remembered as someone

who completely altered the course of history.

I want to be remembered for how hardworking I am.

I worked my butt off.

Every single day.

Writing powerful songs.

A hard worker.

Someone who cares about people and enjoys life.

Probably that I just made an impact on the people

that were close to me.

Making a difference in the world of show business.

Just making some contribution that people go

oh yeah, that wouldn't have happened without him.

I want to be remembered for

some kind of creative expression that I do.

I would like to be remembered as

fun and quirky and curious.

The art that I've created.

Videos, music, stand up.

Being happy.

Somebody who thought about others first

and did my best to take care of people when I could.

Making people laugh.

That I was willing to help.

And inspire a lot of people

What I do.

Just being a good God-fearing person.

All around nice guy who would

do things for you if you need help.

I feel like men think more about leaving a legacy.

They're all worried about dying.

An Academy Award winning actress.

A Grammy award winning singer.

And a Tony award winning

actress.

Doing some kind of good in the world.

Some kind of change.

For listening to my friends a lot

and caring about other people.

For being kind and intelligent.

My heart and my mind.

My integrity and how I treated others.

My love and laughter.

And my presence.

And my contagious smile.

That's what I would like to say.

I guess I want to be remembered for being a good mom.

A good father.

Being a good man.

Being the kind of mother that

the kids will take your call.

My wit and sense of humor.

For changing the world in some small way.

That I had brought in some indirect way

goodness to the world.

Being a good dad and a good husband.

For maybe helping other people out.

I'm a professor of mathematics right now.

I've taught for 25 years.

If you put all of my students

if you added up all of my students

and invited them I could

fill up Madison Square Garden with all of my students.

That's my legacy.

Being someone that you could count on.

And someone who is reliable and a good person to know.

The undying love I have for my friends.

A decent human being probably.

A good person.

He was a good man.

Helping others.

Having made a difference in someone's life.

A good mother, a good grandmother, a hard worker,

and a good example for people working past 65.

Being a kind person.

A person that helped other people

and was kind.

Being a decent, honest person.

Good guy.

A loving father and husband.

For being fun.

For living every day for

pursuing my goals for being who I am.

That I made an impact on someone's life.

That I gave good advice, that I accepted good advice.

Kind, and

helpful.