Quotes About Expectation

What's great about the way 'Shame''s been received is that I kept on thinking there's no way this film will be received well since I've had such a good time.

When you work on something in an edit room with just a couple of other people, you never know how it is going to be received.

It's always disappointing when your work is not received as you hope it would be.

I think it's a mistake to try and overthink how you are going to be received, because that assumes that you are going to be received in the first place.

When you are making a film, you do not know how it is going to be received by the audience. In fact, if you set out to make a film thinking that it will make 100 crores, it never ends up making that much money.

I feel like whatever team drafts me I'd fit into because they're going to get the best receiver in the draft. Regardless of if they really need a receiver early or not, the way I'm going to come in and work, they're going to get the guy they hoped they drafted and be excited about it.

If you want someone to pay you - the highest paid receiver in the history of the game - damn act like it.

If you had told me in 1968 that 20 years later I'd still be receiving wonderful royalty checks for those three years, I wouldn't have believed you.

I was in the military for over 40 years, and one of the principles I kept with me was that there's an expectation globally that the U.S. will lead. Questions about that expectation have certainly risen in recent years. The fact that there's even a question about that is worrisome to me, and I think needs to be for a lot of people.

Your intention for a book is never the same as the reception.

I thought there was maybe going to be some booing. I didn't know how the fans would take to me. But the reception from the England fans has been top class. They have taken me in.

The holy grail of recipe developing is the recipe that turns out so much more impressive than you would expect from the effort it took to produce.

I reckon this could mean another 10 million at the box office.

I think people reckon I am prim and proper.

I don't reckon there are many writers who start out really expecting writing to be an attainable occupation. Well, I didn't. It was a pipe dream.

I reckon every player feels much the same on the eve of a Six Nations championship. We all want to finish top, win the title and do our respective countries proud in the process. We're also aware a lot of other people are seeking precisely the same thing. Pessimism and optimism collide like two ferrets in a sack.

We were hoping Obama would reclaim moral leadership for America. That failed.

No one ever recognises me. Everyone says, 'You don't look like your pictures.'

I was aiming for an acting career in 40. I never thought I would get recognition so early.

Who doesn't wants to be seen on the big screen? But that doesn't mean I will be a part of any project. TV has given me recognition, and I need to live up to the expectation of my audience.

Even my films did well and I had an opportunity to start my career with a full-fledged role in 'Yes Boss,' but I never earned the recognition which I always looked for.

I've never figured out who 'Heath Ledger' is on film: 'This is what you expect when you hire me, and it will be recognizable.'

People recognize something's going to happen, and they'd better get ready.

The bad part about being recognized is that when I walk into a restaurant and sit down, I've got to eat everything on the plate, whether it's good or bad. People would take it as an insult if I did otherwise.