Quotes About Surprise

Elton wanted a garden. They were building all afternoon while we were rehearsing. And then they built a fountain for Elton. And he said, I was only joking!

I remember thinking this was a proper football interview, just as David Davies had promised. But then the line of questioning changed, and it became about my beliefs on reincarnation.

I want to constantly reinvent myself and confuse audiences about which genre I am comfortable with.

When you make his sandwiches, put a sexy or loving note in his lunch box.

I'm pretty relaxed as a parent, and I think that people might be surprised by that.

You get an audience to laugh and then show them something horrific, it's going to be even more horrific because they've had the release of the laugh before it.

For a film like Vettaiyaadu Vilayaadu, I was particular that nothing should be revealed prior to release.

I sometimes feel I want to release an album without people knowing it is me.

When I came to know that director Sujoy Ghosh wanted me for a role in a Hindi film, I was very surprised. I had never met him before.

In hindsight, I think my manager and I both knew that 'Someone You Loved' was a special song that we had to put out. But no one was expecting it to do so well.

I'll just say that there are certain people who continue to be hired in Hollywood, and that leaves me truly shocked.

I thought I was going to be hired as a contributor, but 'The Daily Show' was like, 'Nah, it's an election year, we want you to come over here and work full-time.'

I said it when I got hired. I said, for five years, I had a 1,000 people telling me I was going to be a head coach in the NBA. And when I got the job, those same 1,000 people were shocked.

I didn't realize the president was such an historian.

If someone had told me in high school that one day I'd write an historical novel, I would have rolled my eyes.

Golf is fun - until you hit somebody in the head.

When love hits you, it hits you and you don't expect it.

One thing that's good is I don't lose it if some old mate goes 'bang!' and hits me in the face.

When I'm making songs, I never call them hits. I knew 'Bandz A Make Her Dance' was a good record, but I never knew it was gonna be a hit.

I bought my mum a car, and I bought my brother one of those hoverboards for Christmas, and I bought my family a holiday to Australia.

I guess I'm a pretty honest person, but I think my friends were surprised when they heard my stuff for the first time. I'm not super expressive when I'm just going about my life.

I honestly always thought my Master's in Fine Arts would get me further in the acting world than knowing how to work an espresso machine!

Being awarded the OBE was a great honour and something I had not been expecting.

I never really expected the captaincy, honestly. It's a great honour to lead India at the Olympics.