Quotes About Surprise

Finishing on the podium in my first year, I never expected that. It just fell into place.

Art is not the kind of thing where you get what you put into it all the time. So I learned to not expect anything other than the sort of joy of having a poem in front of me.

My brother and I were brought up sort of thinking that we were English. I remember hearing the poet Roy Campbell on the radio and being quite shocked that he had a South African accent. I didn't know there were any South African poets.

I love 'Pointless', part of the genius of the show is that it's always a different story.

I've been doing some Shakespeare acting classes - and I really enjoyed it. I never thought that would be something I would say, but I am.

It's really funny how I've come round to classical music around the back door with my banjo in my hand, and I love it.

No one ever thought Clint Eastwood was funny, but he was.

Sometimes movie-making happens like clockwork; other times, like a car accident.

You know, I was the class clown in Catholic school, but I never thought I would make a living out of it!

I'm scared of clowns.

If people would've heard what we were doing back in the clubs in the late '90s, they would be really shocked to find out how country our sound really was back then.

I never thought I'd end up coaching. It wasn't the plan.

I never worked in a coffee shop and I don't drink coffee, so I never thought I would become a coffee pusher on TV.

I didn't know my mother was an actress until I was eight and she went back to work. At an even younger age than that, I'd wanted to be an actress, so when I saw her, I clearly remember thinking, 'This is a strange coincidence.'

I would never have thought my collection of short stories would win the Giller.

People a lot of times have expectations for combinations, if you can throw something that they don't expect or throw something in a way that they don't expect it, it can be pretty successful.

I never thought I was going to be a comedian.

I never thought I would be in a comedic role; my past is in drama.

I was in several school performances, mainly Shakespeare and comedic roles. I just accidentally became an actor. I totally didn't expect this.

Most comedies are really hard to write, or to watch, because you kind of generally know what's coming.

I am extremely lucky - I met Antonio Conte. I had so many coaches to compare him to, and he is the one that surprised me the most.

People are so surprised about how small I am compared to other players.

I never thought I would get a National Award. For me, it was huge, and I got complacent.

I've gotten a lot of compliments on the 'Criminal Minds' guy. I guess it's because the look of that character is so different from what people expect of me.