Quotes About Surprise

When we did Wayne's World, it was 14 million dollars and they didn't bug us too much because they just thought it was some little movie that nobody was ever going to see. We showed them.

None of us know all the potentialities that slumber in the spirit of the population, or all the ways in which that population can surprise us when there is the right interplay of events.

When I wrote 'Sideways Stories from Wayside School' I never expected it to be published. It was kind of a hobby. Now, it's a job, but it's a job I like very much.

I was working at 'New Girl' when I found out there was going to be a 'Pitch' sequel.

I'll never forget this memory: I was at home, and suddenly my father came home with 10 footballs for me. I lived by a football pitch, so every day, I'd take the ball and practice shooting.

I figured that pitchers had a better chance of getting drafted than fielders, so I decided I should be a pitcher. But I never expected to be picked in the first round. I wasn't even sure I'd get picked at all.

Sometimes the best ideas will come in the least inspiring places.

I would have thought he would be there out of just plain curiosity. It was incredible that he was missing.

I did not plan to make the Cube.

Although I would like to describe the perfect day, I can't. Because a perfect day is one where there is no plan.

Don't plan too hard, because something much better might be out there.

Seven daughters was never part of my plan.

I was in Africa once. I was in Kenya. I got off the plane, and I thought, 'Africa...' Some guy in a dashiki said, 'Mr. Bundy. Oh my God, it's you.'

Honestly, I am always shocked when I see myself in the mirror because I feel exactly the same as I did when I was 18 getting off the plane to go to Juilliard in New York.

You just can't get surprised when you get surprised, because weird stuff just comes over the transom all the time, and it's not necessarily anything that you've planned for or anticipated.

I hadn't planned on or expected to have a public dimension in my life.

The goal is to have every character take on a life of his or her own. Sometimes characters will come into the story that I haven't planned.

Acting was my after-school activity. I never planned on growing up and becoming an actor.

If I planned everything out in advance, I'd expire of boredom.

Acting was never planned. I happened to do an ad that was hugely publicized. After that, I got an offer for a South Indian movie and I thought this is destiny calling.

To become an actress was not something I had planned, it just came about through a music video. I just went with that flow.

I never really planned on making action films. It just kind of happened.

My stint with 'Ally McBeal' is something I never planned nor expected.

My grandpa was in the Navy, but it wasn't something that was expected or planned for me to do.