Quotes About Expectations

On screen, if I have to wear shorts or bikini for a scene, I should have the body for that.

Bill Murray doesn't do anything. He barely shows up at the movies he says he's going to do.

We didn't know it was going to be a career - it was just a lot of fun. We were known as the bimbo band and never expected to last.

I just didn't feel like there would be a lot of opportunities for me in Birmingham.

The idea of being a role model is bizarre.

To be amongst people that know their lines and you're the only person that doesn't is just bizarre.

Black athletes are always under more scrutiny.

I think the black community has a lot to work on internally with what they deem successful.

We can't simply blame the engineers when things go wrong because, no matter how well they plan, things don't always go according to plan.

With 'Carrie,' I did, like, seven auditions. I'd never done a movie, so they wanted to make sure I wasn't going to ruin it. I don't blame them.

You see it everywhere in football: when results are not there, then the first guy who has to go is the manager. It's not always the managers; sometimes it's also the players who we have to blame.

I think that people are most comfortable when they can put you in a box - and that's very easy to do that when someone can put you in more serious roles. I'm not blaming them for that - it's just up to me to show people what I can do.

People tell me I'm not supposed to do the things that I do at my size. I just take it as a blessing.

You can't look at the dollar and say, 'I'm not what I dreamed of being unless I do this type of movie and it's a blockbuster that gives me this amount of dollars.' That's not good.

Some people with blogs are never going to get famous, and they've been doing it for, like, over a year. I feel bad for them.

Growing up, I wanted blond hair.

I watched people blow up after the XXL cover, and I watched people drown - you know what I'm saying? And that's not what I'm trying to do.

It was quite a blow to have my perfect image of my father shattered, but that's something we all face before we come to full adulthood.

When I first started to blow up, everybody thought I was rich. Everybody started asking for stuff. My friends started becoming fans. Even my teachers began to act like fans.

You only have to go on a couple message boards to know what the fans want, and the fans want you to put it on the line and to entertain them.

Bob wanted me to have a baby each year, but he also wanted me to continue being a back-up singer in his band and to go on the road with him.

In my head, I could never imagine that I could be an actress. I always thought actresses were meant to be perfect and that they would have perfect bodies with all the nakhras.

I've tried not to get too bogged down by what people want you to be.

Before I came to Bollywood, lot of people told me that here things are not very professional, but I've had no such experience.