Quotes About Expectations

I think a lot of the people who write about me think that if they had to write fewer interviews then they would transcribe their life-story and it would be a big success. Or should be.

I'm not used to interviews. People don't generally interview waitresses.

People say what they want in interviews, but when they get a contract, they say other things.

You are under great scrutiny when you are adopting, more so than natural parents. There are a lot of interviews, screenings etc.

Interviews are horrible. All your life you are trained not to talk about yourself. Then you are expected to do nothing else, to talk only of yourself.

When we do interviews and we get asked the same questions over and over, I'm like, 'I wish we'd get asked something different.' But when we do, I have no idea. I'm not prepared. Because it's hard to remember your own life!

Anybody that's intimidated by my success probably isn't the right person for me.

I don't actually get that many DMs. I tell myself that it's because guys might be intimidated, but I'm not that sure.

Maybe I was intimidated by my father's talent and success.

I've always had, like, from the age of about 11, I've had such an intolerance for bad behaviour of actors that I don't think I was ever going to be that person.

I've introduced myself with comedy, and once you've introduced yourself as something, that's where people keep you. That's where people like to hold you.

It is very difficult to be taken seriously when you're introduced at a party to somebody as the fourth Mrs. Rex Harrison.

I was 18 and had an inverted light bulb moment where I thought that nothing I could do or say or how I looked was ever going to be good enough.

When parents have invested enormous amounts of money in their kids' education, to find their kids coming back to live with them - well, that was not what they bargained for.

We're only going to invest our shareholders' money where we think they can get the kind of returns they expected when they invested their money with Exxon Mobil.

I think a lot of Indians want Indian artists to be cultural cheerleaders rather than cultural investigators.

The thing about movies these days is that the commerce end of it is so inflated and financiers are just expecting this enormous return on their investment.

Chelsea have made a good investment for me, but I did not put any pressure on them.

I had an investor who said to me he'd keep his money with me as long as I didn't have a girlfriend and I didn't start combing my hair.

It isn't always simple when America discovers you at 11 years old. Suddenly, it's not just homework that you're responsible for. Your name becomes a hashtag, and if you're lucky, you might even get invited on 'Ellen.'

There's something about a woman's life choices that invites commentary, whether it's been invited or not.

I think when I started in wrestling, I hadn't realized how difficult locker rooms were going to be. I thought they were going to be more inviting than they were.

I've been involved in a couple of atrocious World Cups.

Some people get the wrong idea about what the job of a cricket correspondent involves - it's not all laid-on luxury travel.