The desire definitely comes from within. There are only a few people who make it to this level and those are the ones who have that innate desire.
“I never examined what I did in any great detail because I thought it would spoil things. I never read the scripts at all carefully, and never wanted to know what was going on, because I felt that being a benevolent alien that's the way it should be.”
“If this world is going to be a better place for our grandchildren and great-grandchildren, it will be women who make it so.”