Quotes About Uncertainty

As a director, you've got to have quite a few projects going because you never know which one will actually come together with the financing and get the green light.

Some projects go as you hope or imagine, and some change or reveal themselves in a different way; it depends.

We'll see if we ever do another Ministry gig again or not. I'm not saying yes or no yet. All I'm saying is I know there's no new Ministry studio CDs coming ever again. I promise.

I know I'm just one man trying to do one thing, and the next day is not promised to any man. I'm very humble.

You're never promised your next breath.

At the end of the day, none of us are really promised tomorrow anyway.

This is Life. Nothing's promised or perfect, neither am I.

Nothing is every promised to us, man.

I mean, you don't go into 'Bake Off' expecting anything. There's no big-money prize, no contract. It's not like 'The X Factor,' where you're promised the Earth. In a way, it's a big gamble. If you're in an ordinary job - and will have to go back to an ordinary job - it's a risk. Your bosses might not like what they see of you on TV and fire you!

I'm not the apocalypse nor the promised land.

If I'm sure of a person and his potential in politics, and if I know he will live up to his promises, I wouldn't mind campaigning for him. I believe in the dictum, 'never say never.' You never know, I might end up joining politics.

There's no safety in anything, but in the arts, there is really this idea of no promises. I didn't follow the writing dream for safety.

In the same way you pick idly at chips, promising this is literally your last one, you may be in a relationship that you know isn't going anywhere, but you're hungry for love, and it feels less frightening than nothing.

Even if you're doing a film, you're in the news while the shooting is on and during promotions. But once it's over, the limelight fades away, and you wait for something better to come your way.

The more insecure you are, the more prone you are to create crises.

Every time that I'm in the dark, I imagine what might be lurking in the shadows. It's kind of like a drug in that way - darkness seems to change the way I think - making me way more prone to fear.

I don't think I've ever properly been in love. I've had a few girlfriends and have liked them loads, but I'm not sure it was love.

With a lot of projects, you never know if it's going to be executed properly. And also, you never know if people are going to respond to it.

What are prophecies? Don't we hear them every day of the week? And if one comes true there may be seven blind and come to nothing.

I am not a prophet.

It's very difficult to decide. And I'm very open to proposals.

I'm pathologically incapable of making decisions. Just ask my wife how long it took me to propose - on second thought, best not to bring it up.

It's not something to complain about, but just the major difference between college and the pros is that in college you're guaranteed four to five years so long as you don't do anything criminally and in the pros you're guaranteed one day because you can be cut the next.

From my childhood I had been intended for the clergy. This prospect hung like a dark cloud on my mind.