I would be surprised if they gave Meryl Streep her third Oscar for a film as light as ‘Julie and Julia,’ although, of course, Katharine Hepburn’s third Oscar came with a very light performance from her in ‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.’
I don’t get surprised very often to be honest. I’m the kind of person who you couldn’t throw a surprise party for because I’d figure it out.
I was quite surprised how easily people wanted to pigeonhole things I’ve done.
My first job now is as a mother, everything else is secondary. My kids understand that I am an actress, and they are always so surprised to hear my voice on a cartoon character, or see my face on a video box. If it ever gets to be too much though, the career and the kids, I will simply set the career aside.
When I was a seminarian, I was dazzled by a girl I met at an uncle’s wedding. I was surprised by her beauty, her intellectual brilliance… and, well, I was bowled over for quite a while.
One of the things I learned in editing ‘The Reagan Diaries’ is to never say what Reagan would do, because he surprised people.
Racism exists everywhere. So when people act surprised about racism, I’m the one that’s surprised.
People are usually surprised to hear this, but I don’t really read children’s books.
Little things about the Pilgrims surprised me. For instance, the fact that the first duel in America was fought at Plymouth by two teenaged boys over a girl. The life the Pilgrims led in Holland before coming to America also surprised me.
After the release of my first film ‘Gangothri,’ my father was so happy that he surprised me by buying me a swanky high-end car.
The unknown is very appealing to me. I like to be surprised. I love the idea I might know less at the end of reading something than I do at the beginning.
I love when people underestimate me and then become pleasantly surprised.
The great and almost only comfort about being a woman is that one can always pretend to be more stupid than one is and no one is surprised.
You know, sometimes an interviewer will look at me and say – you’re bright! They’re actually surprised I might be bright.
I wasn’t in any way a kind of soothsayer or not surprised when Sept. 11 happened. I was absolutely shocked.
I can’t say I’m surprised I was successful. I was determined – and I got it.
I’m surprised how hot it gets in the Moab Desert. I knew it got hot, but I didn’t think it got, like, Mercury-hot.
I maintain that I never expect anything, therefore I’m always pleasantly surprised.
I was surprised at how slow Froch was. We were able to beat him to the punch.
People throw in the towel because they don’t know how to fight. You’d be surprised how much fight you have in you if you just do it.
I was surprised that my wife thought it was a good idea, then again with my agent, another woman, then my editor, another woman – in spite of the fact that all three of them reacted positively I still have this fear.
Living as we do in the age of Facebook, we shouldn’t be surprised that some countries are starting to imagine themselves more as social networks than as a physical place.
Even I’m a bit surprised with how easily I’ve adapted to European football.
I would not be surprised to see Syria break apart entirely.
I think if we taped a lot of families that claim to be relatively normal, you’d be surprised when you hear some of the things said.
Grip pressure – not mechanical flaws – is the biggest factor when you’re nervous. You unconsciously grip it tighter, which keeps you from making a smooth swing with a natural release. Keep your grip pressure light, and you’ll be surprised how much your mechanics stabilize.
I guess I can be surprised I’m alive. I’m taking a little better care of myself than when I was a young person. My father died when he was 63. My mother made it to 74. My grandparents, God, they were dropping like flies.
If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall ere long be surprised to find how little remains that we cannot do.
When I was a child I devoured every book I could get my hands on. I loved losing myself in colourful and dramatic stories – and my absolute favourite was ‘Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.’ Everything about it electrified me, and when I re-read Roald Dahl’s books as an adult it surprised me.
I want to keep active, so when they called me to fight Nate Diaz, I agreed because I wanted to stay active. I got a little surprised because he was out so long, but he’s a tough opponent.
One Missed Call,’ it was regarded as a mainstream film for my career because it was big budget and filmed in Japan and it really opened wide in Japan, it did really well commercially. So I was really surprised.
I find ‘Fatal Attraction’ really romantic. I really like the seduction. Almost every time I see it, I’m surprised when it goes dark. I know that’s the claim to fame, but I key into how genuinely romantic it is.
I don’t want to sound negative here, but I don’t know any lady that was surprised by #MeToo.
I am surprised by how not-adopted the video reply has been. What keeps other people from doing it, I think, is that they think a video comes across as ‘I’m cool, look at how many e-mails I get.’ That perception doesn’t scare me, because I know who I am.
We are just continually surprised and obviously happy that the interest in Queen and Freddie keeps alive. It’s a constant source of pleasure for ourselves.
Friends and relatives might be surprised that I think of myself as lonely. I’m married to a man I not only love but like, and we spend a lot of time together. If I feel like socializing, I can usually find someone to meet for coffee or a drink.
I don’t know how to defend myself: surprised innocence cannot imagine being under suspicion.
I think real life couples on screen are kind of deadly. For the most part, they’re kind of deadly. You’d be surprised. Unless they’re falling in love onscreen for the first time, you don’t have quite the same energy for some reason.
There is something so mean and unmanly in the arts of dissimulation and falsehood that I am surprised they can be used by anyone in so noble, so generous a passion as virtuous love.
Dixie Chicks surprised me with a beautiful three-part harmony version of ‘I’ll Take Care of You.’ And Don Henley’s performance of ‘The Heart of the Matter’ still just slays me every time I hear it.
The first time I did a big American film, I was surprised by all the different financiers who came to the set and told the director what to do.
Audience response to The Man From U.N.C.L.E. back in the ’60s – well, I was frankly surprised by the show’s success and the attendant publicity for David and myself.
The millennials were raised in a cocoon, their anxious parents afraid to let them go out in the park to play. So should we be surprised that they learned to leverage technology to build community, tweeting and texting and friending while their elders were still dialing long-distance?
I’m always taken aback by things that are successful that I think are just crap, and then I’m completely surprised when things I do end up being successful because you walk into things and you never know… It’s just really remarkable.
I’m surprised how many commercials and sitcoms and movies have a need for, ‘We just need something to come by the camera that’s really weird.’ They call Doug Jones.
In all my childhood, I never heard my grandparents say that anything shocked or surprised them. They knew what their country was capable of.
I’ve been surprised at how motivated a lot of people are that you wouldn’t traditionally think would be that kind of a motivated student.
I don’t know why my shoes are so popular – I am always surprised and mystified by it.
When I moved from Independiente to Atletico Madrid, I was only 18, and I found it hard to adapt. But what surprised me most about moving to England was how fast the game was. I like it, but it is so quick.
I’m not surprised, but I am disappointed that Katharine Carr Esters claims that she was ‘tricked’ into divulging her true feelings about Oprah and that she now denies that she revealed to me the identity of Oprah’s biological father.
I’m as surprised as anybody. I never would have thought I’d be here talking about having a cooking show on the Food Network. It wasn’t on my list of things, but it’s fun, and I’m having a good time.
I’m always kind of surprised how much I’m associated with country music.
I was very surprised that they would ask a foreign actress to be Lady Macbeth, but I felt it was an opportunity that I couldn’t miss. Having the opportunity to play Shakespeare in English – that wouldn’t come twice.
There’s so much nonsense tossed around about L.A. and how horrible it is and ‘don’t go out there’ and all that stuff. So I went out to L.A. and I was pleasantly surprised.
You might be surprised by how interested young people are in older people.
When Democrats concede the idea that some voters are not our voters, we shouldn’t be surprised when those voters agree.
You’d be surprised how many fans I think are from ‘The Bachelorette’ will come up and say something about football.
I’ve never had any idea that what I like would resonate with the audience, and I’m pleasantly surprised when it does.
