Byron Howard Quotes

It's too heart-wrenching doing the solo thing. I throw myself into it and get so excited, and then 2000 people buy it and you're, like, 'Oh. I guess it's not that good after all.'

I have stopped expecting from films. What I expect never happens.

You play a couple of shows, and these label guys come - and they leave halfway through a show. Then the phone calls just stop. And your heart is broken.

Nothing seems to come up to your expectations. But nothing I had heard about Hollywood was enough.

A child's hope is that your father comes riding in on that white stallion and saves them. You can't make somebody love you the way you want them to love you, it's not a Leave it to Beaver type world. This isn't television. Life's a lot more cruel than that.

There's not going to be a 'Rescue Me' movie. Not a chance.

I've several times had jobs that I thought were going to be my big break, and it didn't pan out.

Though I know he loves me, tonight my heart is sad; his kiss was not so wonderful as all the dreams I had.

I cannot cure myself of that most woeful of youth's follies - thinking that those who care about us will care for the things that mean much to us.

I wanted him to love me, and I'm quite sure that he didn't.

Few things can make us feel crazier than expecting something from someone who has nothing to give.

If you felt that excitement when you voted for Barack Obama, shouldn't you feel that way now that he's President Obama? You know there's something wrong with the kind of job he's done as president when the best feeling you had was the day you voted for him.

I wanted to be a serious actress, but of course that didn't really happen.

The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love.

That was a surprise. I just had wished that Wil Wheaton was there. He was missing from the last show and it would have been nice if everyone could have been there.

But I thought love would more than prevail.

I don't know whether I'm misanthropic. It seems to me I'm constantly disappointed. I'm very easily disappointed. Disappointed in the things that people do; disappointed in the things that people construct. I want things to be better all the time.

My parents were disappointed I didn't finish college, and they were really upset when I went to Hollywood to become an actor. I was a big disappointment to them.

Jo left me a few months ago for 10 days. I get this note: I'll come back when the real Ronnie comes back.

If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these acceptance speeches there wouldn't be any inducement to go to heaven.

Every time I try to plan something or assume that something's going to happen, it never works out like that.

The indie movie world is like a bad Tinder date, and there are always strings attached.

There is so much heartbreak and letdown in this industry. You get your heart set on something, and then you're sitting by the phone for three weeks and it never rings.

It's so disappointing to put in your best, hard work and then find the film flopping at the box office for no fault of yours.

When I joined the film industry I looked forward to different roles, unfortunately that did not materialise.