Quotes About Expectations

I'm really not sure what people think or expect me to be, but I am surprised when people say, 'You're not supposed to be like that... ' I'm not exactly sure what 'that' is, so I choose to take it as a compliment.

I don't have a sense of entitlement or that I deserve this. You'd be surprised at the lack of competition between nominees - I think a lot of it's imposed from the outside. Can I have my champagne now?

I am always surprised people are surprised that people haven't read things.

So far I'm not surprised by anything about being a mom. It's all pretty great - but that's what I expected.

I am surprised with the reelection of Mr. Obama. The S&P is only down, like, 30 points. I would have thought that the market on his reelection should be down at least 50%.

Sometimes I am surprised by the kind of roles that are offered to me.

I'm surprised and disappointed in American culture.

I'm always surprised when large numbers of people buy my books.

You'd be surprised. Girls like sensitive, namby-pamby guys.

It's always good to have no expectations when you see a film. Then you can be pleasantly disappointed or surprised.

So, it didn't do well. But now when I talk to kids who are first seeing it, they're surprised to hear the movie failed at the box office. Sometimes that's what happens.

You know, sometimes an interviewer will look at me and say - you're bright! They're actually surprised I might be bright.

I'm the worst at picking what movies are going to do well. I have no idea. I'm really surprised if a movie I like does well.

What I find frustrating about scripted television is that it's rare that you are surprised by how you feel about the character, or how you feel about the show.

I think all my films can be enjoyed. In fact, they've often surprised me with how they're received.

People are always surprised to see clues to my being a normal kind of guy. As if I'm somehow letting the team down.

I don't know why people are so surprised by my live performances.

I could have easily never worked again after 'Precious.' I could be back at my receptionist job and no one would be surprised, but I'm having a very crazy little career that no one thought would happen. Although that was never the plan.

I think it's a problem when something's a dream because it'll never live up to your expectations. It's better to go somewhere thinking it'll be horrible, and then be pleasantly surprised.

The day I went to see my father to say I wanted to become an architect, he was a bit surprised, because for him being a builder is much more than being just an architect. He was very angry, and I never thought I could do something else.

Appallingly, I hadn't thought about it one jot. I never daydreamed as a little girl of getting married and having children. I was as surprised to discover I was getting married as I was to discover I was up the duff.

I feel I disappoint people when I am not 'Samantha.' They seem surprised when I don't have the same voice and the same mannerisms. They were booking 'Samantha,' and I would show up.

People who meet me as an adult are often surprised that I'm alive and have never been in prison or rehab. Sometimes they're disappointed I'm not cooler.

When people meet me, and I'm generally pretty sociable, and I meet some definition of normal, they're almost surprised. And simultaneously disappointed.