Quotes About Expectations

It's easier to be the granddaughter of an icon than her daughter.

I hate being asked what it's like to play someone iconic.

I don't think that I want to meet any of the icons. I don't think that anybody can quite live up to your expectations.

When you fall head over heels for someone, you're not falling in love with who they are as a person; you're falling in love with your idea of love.

That's why I'm grumpy all the time. Absolutely. Because your ideal never happens. Nothing ever goes right. But the thing about getting older is that you do accept it.

It's hard if you start believing that you should be really that perfect fantasy ideal, that people start believing because of all of the retouching. You can delve into that fantasy world and play with it, but when you walk away, that's not you.

You come to a point where you give up on holding yourself to a perfect feminist ideal - it just feels stifling.

Everyone thinks living abroad is fun... The ideal life. Take it from me - it's tough.

The constant pressure to be the perfect, ideal female - there's no such thing.

Andre Villas-Boas wasn't the ideal coach for me.

It would be ideal to have someone scoring a goal in every game but that is not easy.

I am not into the mother sentiment, really. My heart is not into this ideal mother role; it does not work for me.

Sometimes, we set ourselves up for this perfect ideal scenario and when it doesn't go that way, it's hard to deal with.

I'm not ideal marrying fodder.

The ideal man doesn't exist. A husband is easier to find.

In an ideal world, you'd never have to do things that are below your position, but this isn't an ideal world, and it's never going to be.

In an ideal world, the 'Daily Mail' would write about what a brilliant mother I am. But it's not going to happen.

People sometimes are afraid to be who they are because of other people's ideals.

People don't necessarily identify me with doing adult things.

Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor.

It gets old, all of it. People putting a lot of hopes and dreams on you. Telling you they put money on you, and 'you're my kid's idol.'

People around me called me an idol, so that's what I was.

'American Idol' was fun; it was definitely an experience. I was 16 years old when I did it, and I was curious about how I would do on the show.

Winning 'American Idol' really anoints you the opportunity to have a great career; it does not anoint you a career.