Quotes About Surprise

I think the Duke of Edinburgh would have been pleasantly surprised by the reaction to his death.

You can't get the reaction that any hidden-camera show gets from people in any other way besides a hidden-camera show - and I love that reaction.

I think a game hits a high point when it provokes reactions the designer doesn't expect.

Also, I think there are huge reactions sometimes, which are also mysterious.

Finally, Colin Farrell showed up on my doorstep, only he wasn't Colin Farrell - he was just this Irish kid who had read the script and wanted to do it.

An ideal reader is someone who doesn't know what on Earth you've been doing, who will look at it with absolute freshness and go, 'Oh, so that's what you've been up to.'

I've discovered writers by reading books left in airplane seats and weird hotels.

Every day is different; you never know what to expect, and you have to be ready to pivot on a dime.

Real beauty knocks you a little bit off kilter.

It is so interesting when you meet an actor in real life and they look completely different.

I think part of that is to create an environment where it's like real life, where you don't really know what's going to happen to you in a certain scene.

I think when real life interrupts fantasy, it's always shocking.

Nobody thought Real Madrid could win three Champions Leagues on the trot, and they've done it.

I couldn't have predicted the business would be worth so much. I could see that we would have this sort of market share, but I didn't realise the numbers would be so large.

I remember hitting the ball, and I didn't even realise where it went, and then I turned over, and I see the official bending down holding his eye.

One thing I have realised is that there are no certainties. Anything can happen anytime.

I never even knew I would end up becoming an actor. It was coincidental for me. Once I did it, I realised it's what I really want to do.

Cocktail' happened overnight for me. I didn't have the time to think about it, I suddenly got into films without even realising what I was doing.

I would try to write 'realistic' fiction, and someone would fly, or there would be a black hole full of demons or a girl who attracted frogs.

I was such a goofy kid that, when I won things, people were like, 'Oh, when did that happen?'

You will not get a Google alert when you fall in love.

A gorilla with a cellphone riding a bicycle is bound to generate some clever captions.

There's a powerful appeal in the 'I didn't know that' effect. I love it when people say, 'Gosh, I didn't know that.'

I thought I had gotten second, but I didn't, so I was really happy.