The worst tragedy that could have befallen me was my success. I knew right away that I was through - cast out.
Really, I've been working forever, just doing music, and then all of a sudden, out of the blue, everybody is just on it.
Look at 'Dulhe Raja.' It was a film made very quietly on the sidelines, and suddenly, when the film was released, it struck gold. I never expected the film to do well.
It wasn't until later when people became aware of my writing that I would hear begrudgingly, 'You know, you really are a pretty good singer, I guess.'
After 'Frampton Comes Alive!' became a huge success, I really needed to take time off to work out what the hell just happened. Instead, I just kept working.
I cranked out a book. I didn't expect it to do much, but it's sold 80,000 copies.
I never thought 'Mein Hoon Na' will do so well in Pakistan. Whenever I meet Pakistanis in London or the U.S., they have so much love and affection for me because of 'Mein Hoon Na,' which was my most criticised film in India.
I've surprised a lot of people, including myself, with my longevity.
I was thrown into the spotlight pretty quickly at UCLA.
I never thought I could model, and I certainly never thought about acting. It's just something that happened to me.
We've been probably to some degree too successful.
I've been involved in some movies that I really thought were going to take off that didn't. And then I've thought, 'This movie's not going anywhere,' and it worked. The same thing with television shows.
The music I was making for people not to dance to was the one they were dancing to.
I've had projects before where everyone says 'This is going to be the big thing,' and it doesn't really turn out to be. Then there is a little project you do and forget about, and then it comes out, and it's huge.
The first book was a life story that I was hesitant to write anyway because I didn't feel like I had a real life story... It was a surprise hit.
There was never any career plan. When 'Red Dwarf' started I thought we were doing a curious little sitcom on BBC2, I didn't think I was becoming an actor. I didn't see that 21 years later I'd still be talking about it, let alone filming a new one. For me everything's always been an accident.
When the economies of emerging markets don't just grow but beat expectations, there's scarcely a mention.
I would have been very happy just working from job to job, paying my rent one movie at a time. I never wanted to be this famous. I never imagined this life for myself.
In Australia, I'm built up as this comedy hero, which was never my intention.
We were unknown before, and that was an advantage. Nobody knew who we were, so we snuck up on the competition.
I ain't expect it. I just expected to be Chicago famous - 'hood famous. I ain't expect to be outside-of-Chicago famous.
I cannot believe I became some kind of hero. I'm just a common Korean woman.
With Ghost, I never really foresaw that it was going to take off the way it did.
I still think that I'm dreaming. It's a strange feeling. I always try to watch the final of Grand Slams because that's where the best players are playing. ... I never expected to play a final. I never expected to win a Grand Slam. And right now I just did it.
I never expected my writing to become as popular as it did.
