Quotes About Expectations

The more you expect out of a person, place or party, the higher your chances of disappointment.

Most sequels are generally disappointments.

After 'The Room' premiered in 2003 - which went exactly as it does in 'The Disaster Artist' - I didn't think it was going to go anywhere. It wasn't a film I wanted to share with people.

Celebrity Big Brother' was, for me, a disaster waiting to happen.

I think my own thinking is harsher than my mom's discipline.

I'm tough on the players. I think you need to be tough on them so they can be disciplined.

I think I've always had a disconnect from what I'm supposed to be like.

We should not always discuss whether or not a player is angry.

There have been so many discussions about my weight: How is she going to lose weight? Is she going to lose weight? When is she going to lose weight? It's kind of it's funny.

I left Brazil at 17 years old in order to give my family a better life, but when I returned home two years later, I was completely disillusioned with football.

For many of us, our proms were less Walt Disney's 'Cinderella' and more Stephen King's 'Carrie.' The less we spent on them, the better.

I was trying to be so perfect and so cookie-cutter because everyone's like, 'Aim for that Disney audience! Be perfect! Don't say anything wrong!' And it's just working out better for me just being me.

I never thought I'd be up against Salvador Dali and Roy Disney.

I always tried to be the perfect little girl. Always tried to have the perfect little manners. Never wanted to displease my parents.

I feel like a lot of people disregard the scrutiny that people like us are under.

When you ask most American parents why they want to have kids, it's to bring more joy into their lives. So, when you don't feel that all-encompassing joy, it must be that something is wrong with you. I think it's dissatisfaction that the expectation was different than the reality.

I have friends who are writers who have had movies made of their books, and they are almost uniformly horrified about what's been done - or, at least, dissatisfied.

I like dressing up for dates and dissecting a dinner conversation with a new guy to determine if he might be The One.

2018 is a big year for me with the Commonwealths in April and my university dissertation due in May so a World Championships in March would be difficult.

A lot of times you idolize somebody from a distance and you get to meet them and you think, 'Eyuck. I wish I had never met you people.'

To be totally honest, I thought I would have a Broadway debut in the distant, distant future, maybe in my 60s or 70s when somebody revived one of my off-Broadway plays with a star.

Some musicians feel they have to provide what their audiences expect. They lose the distinction between an artist and an entertainer. I am not an entertainer.

I'm not going to worry about any outside pressure or distractions or any of the things that comes with being the #1 pick. I know there is responsibility that comes with it, but I'm ready to get after it.

Europeans distrust a Europe that overpromises and underdelivers.