Quotes About Success

I'm very surprised at my success as a singing star because I can't sing a lick.

One of the things that continually surprised people with the kind of shows I do, is that we try and find people who aren't doing jobs that are traditionally aspirational but who have nevertheless prospered and found real contentment doing it.

I'm more surprised than anyone that 'Spamalot's done so well. You can never predict what's going to be a hit.

Even I'm a bit surprised with how easily I've adapted to European football.

The success of Watermark surprised me. I never thought of music as something commercial; it was something very personal to me.

I'm always surprised when large numbers of people buy my books.

I wouldn't be surprised if this game went all the way to the finish.

I'm not as surprised in going from playing 1,000 seats to 4,000 seats as I was from 100 to 500 seats.

So, it didn't do well. But now when I talk to kids who are first seeing it, they're surprised to hear the movie failed at the box office. Sometimes that's what happens.

I was pleasantly surprised after the book came out. It was like, hey, the home team put down a nice score.

I'm the worst at picking what movies are going to do well. I have no idea. I'm really surprised if a movie I like does well.

I still pinch myself that I ended up in Hollywood. And I am still surprised at the fans.

I could have easily never worked again after 'Precious.' I could be back at my receptionist job and no one would be surprised, but I'm having a very crazy little career that no one thought would happen. Although that was never the plan.

I never had the chutzpah to just come to L.A. and make it. I didn't have that confidence. I'm always surprised when I get a job.

No one was more surprised than me when my paintings started selling, except maybe my dealer.

I came from a crew, and to me, all the guys I rapped with were better than me, so I was surprised when I was the breakout one. It was definitely a cool thing.

'The Kumars'... played on five continents, and even when I came up with the idea, I was slightly surprised that no one else had.

I really told my story as I saw it in 'Cross to Bear,' and I was pleased - and a bit surprised - by how well it was received and how it sold. No. 2 on the 'New York Times' bestseller list? I'll take that any day, my man!

No one was more surprised that that first Boston record took off than the record company itself.

I can't say I'm surprised I was successful. I was determined - and I got it.

I'm always taken aback by things that are successful that I think are just crap, and then I'm completely surprised when things I do end up being successful because you walk into things and you never know... It's just really remarkable.

Personally, I've never been popular, so I'm not surprised that professionally I'm a bit out of step, too.

Every time I get a role, I'm surprised. It's like, 'Alright, when am I going to stop fooling them?'

I think people are often surprised, but I never defined myself as, 'I'm the business guy who has to supersede what my father has done.'