36 Times Celebrities Actually Manifested Their Own Career And Relationship Goals

…this year, she was a little bit too busy to tweet about watching it from home. Of course, Olivia took home THREE Grammys — Best New Artist, Best Pop Vocal Album, and Best Pop Solo Performance.

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Long before he was Elizabeth Olsen’s husband, musician Robbie Arnett revealed that one of his favorite movies was Martha Marcy May Marlene.

To refresh your memory, Elizabeth starred in the film, which was released in 2011.

Robbie and Elizabeth started dating in 2017 (six years after Robbie admired her in the movie!) and quietly got married in 2020.

…needless to say, it’s a GOOD thing she got that team because the three-time Grammy award winner’s career more than just “took off.” Here she is just this past weekend at Coachella:

…and in 2021, he made good on his promise and he won a championship with the Milwaukee Bucks:

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Dan Levy jokingly tweeted after a fan shared a funny pic of his Schitt’s Creek character, David:

Lo and behold, it absolutely DID win him an Emmy — plus two more Emmys for writing and directing:

Of course, she eventually appeared in Scream 4 in 2011:

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Lizzo spoke to ET about manifesting being at the VMAs the year that Missy Elliott got the Vanguard Award…and she was!

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Brooklyn Nine-Nine star, Melissa Fumero, had a crush on the guy in Mariah Carey’s 1997 “Honey” music video back when she was 13 or 14…

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Lili Reinhart said “in my dreams” about going to the Met Gala in 2017:

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All the way back in 2011 (over a decade ago!), Ariana Grande tweeted how her dream was to play Glinda in Wicked someday:

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And that’s not the first time Ariana flexed her manifestation skills. Recently, she revealed that she called up Nickelodeon when she was only four years old and asked for an audition:

Of course, she would eventually become a huge Nickelodeon star — playing Cat Valentine in Victorious and later reprising the role in Sam & Cat:

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In 2013, Tom Holland was asked what superhero he would want to play, and he said this:

Of course, the reboot of the reboot was fast-tracked, and he started playing the role of Peter Parker/Spider-Man in 2016 — three years later, instead of 10:

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Tom is particularly good at manifesting things — he also once said that Zendaya was his first celebrity crush:

Of course, now they’re a couple:

Just a few years later, in 2012, not only did they meet Britney, but they worked with her on X Factor:

Olly went from fan to costar:

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In a 2018 interview, Katherine Schwarzenegger was asked to choose between Chris Pratt, Chris Evans, or Chris Hemsworth. While she first said Chris Evans, she quickly changed her answer to this…

…a year later, in 2019, they announced their engagement:

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In 2014, Joe Manganiello was asked by People about his ideal woman, and he said Sofía Vergara…

…fast-forward to now, and the pair has been married since 2015:

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In an interview with W Magazine, Jodie Turner-Smith said this about her first celeb crush:

Pacey, of course, is Joshua Jackson — he’s now been married to Jodie since 2019 and they have a daughter together.

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In her audition for Disney Channel, Selena Gomez joked about how she and her friend would always play around with glow sticks and draw the iconic Mickey Mouse logo:

This, obviously, came true many times over:

And, well, in 2021, the rest is history — not only did he land the role, but Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings was a massive hit:

Of course, both Barry and Kumail would go on to star in Eternals as Druig and Kingo respectively:

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Brie Larson tweeted this to a fan about the Oscars in 2015:

And this was her at the 2016 Oscars, with her award for the role of Ma in Room:

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In a 2009 clip from the Parks and Recreation Season 2 DVD set, Chris Pratt said the following about “Jurassic Park 4“:

Of course, he went on to star in 2015’s Jurassic World (aka the fourth Jurassic Park movie) and its sequel Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom in 2018:

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Way back in 2017, Rachel Zegler tweeted about wanting to be a real Disney princess after playing Ariel in her high school school production of The Little Mermaid:

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In a 2013 “25 Things You Don’t Know About Me” interview with US Weekly, Questlove shared his goal of playing a corpse on Law & Order: SVU:

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Back in 2009, Christina Perri posed in front of her car, which had an “I Heart Edward Cullen Sticker” on it:

Of course, she would eventually write a little song called “A Thousand Years” for the Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1 soundtrack. The song has been certified nine times platinum:

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Since Marvel notoriously keeps things under wraps, Teyonah Parris knew she landed a role in a project…but still didn’t know what it was. So she said this to her agent:

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All the way back in 1998, Alex Rodriguez was asked, “What would a dream date with Alex Rodriguez be?” He said:

Of course, they eventually did get together and even got engaged — though they called off their engagement in 2021.

Halsey and Evan did end up dating for some time back in 2019 before splitting in March 2020:

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And finally, Beanie Feldstein went to her third birthday party dressed up as Fanny Brice — the subject of the musical Funny Girl: