Quotes About Expectation

You never know what your parents are going to say when you tell them you're getting married - especially when it's with someone they haven't met yet.

I am in Ghost Rider but I'm not sure when it's coming out.

There's so much pressure on kids to perform and to be the best they can be, and particularly with boys: boys who are the gifted ones get loaded with an awful lot of expectation and self-expectation, and that's really hard for an 18 year old.

If I have a gig in the evening, I get 'the doom' at about 5 P.M., when I think I'm getting flu.

When you're on tour. there's a contract between you and the audience: do what you want, as long as you do what we want. You're having to play with the past at every gig.

You've seen one of the our gigs you've seen 'em all. But if you're into the music, you'll know that we played better the night before or we can play better.

There's a lot of downtime when we're not on stage leading up to the gigs.

I went from playing small gigs for 80 people to like 2,000 or 3,000 people, and they were arriving with all this expectation and excitement.

I got involved in music because I love everything about it, but now I'm in it you see the other side and it isn't much fun. Not as glamorous and enjoyable as you imagine.

It seemed to me that you make magic real by making it a little prosaic, a little difficult and disappointing - never quite as glamorous as the other characters imagine.

Unfortunately, I was branded as a glamour actress and was forced to do only glamour roles.

The best-case scenario is that the glass shatters in my face! How do you think that makes me feel?

When I started 'City of Bones,' I knew exactly what was going to happen in 'City of Glass.' When I first started the six-book series, I thought of it as a three-book series.

I always thought 'Into The Gloss' would be successful, but I didn't really know what my definition of success was.

I think there's a fear once things start to blow up - as the people say - that if you stop for a second, it will all go away.

I've worked with lots of actors who sit at home for years waiting to get a job, then as soon as they do, they want to go home.

Anything other than a gold medal will be disappointing.

They've been brought up on the best music. It's gonna be so good.

I think, often, people who run away are people who got into things most enthusiastically, and then they want more. They just demand more of life than what is happening in the moment. Sometimes this is a great mistake, as it's always a good deal different than you expect it.

If you do a good deed, don't expect anything back - the other person can still be a complete git.

None in the 'Madras' team knew what to expect. We were just sure that we were making a good film.

It is not easy to deliver a good film and take the expectation of the audience one level higher every time.

When people pay money to watch films, they also expect good movie in return.

I would say my career is in a very good place. I'm in a place of a lot of hope for what's next. I see something great, but I'm not quite there.