Karthik Subbaraj Quotes

Sometimes the odds are against you-the director doesn't know what the hell he's doing, or something falls apart in the production, or you're working with an actor who's just unbearable.

You think that your life is going to be one way, and then, for various reasons or whatever, it doesn't work out.

The minute you think you've got it made, disaster is just around the corner.

It's something you hope doesn't happen. When you sign on to do a job, you hope you'll be able to get it done. But that's not always in your control.

Everything takes me longer than I expect. It's the sad truth about life.

The joys we expect are not so bright, nor the troubles so dark as we fancy they will be.

There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip.

In football, however well you think you are doing, however well your life is going, there is always a mugger there lurking in the shadows to bash you over the head when you least expect it.

You're not always going to have a perfect day. You're not always going to have the day that you envision.

I was fortunate to go out on my terms while still at the top but a lot of people are not so lucky.

Sometimes you get lucky and things are as easy as you had imagined, but that's rarely the case.

There are times when things are not going according to plan, and of course, you never want those times.

It is a challenge to have your launch date slip continuously.

Life sometimes doesn't work out exactly as we plan or hope for.

I think that no relationship goes completely according to plan or the way you wished it had.

You find most of the interesting stories are the ones that are slightly harder to get made.

Every single day of making a movie is going to bring new problems.

Life doesn't always give us what we are expecting.

The very reasons sometimes that you make a film are the reasons for its failure.

One moment you appear to be riding the crest of a wave, only to have the rug pulled away from you, bringing you back down to earth with a sickening thud.

I did this one movie with a great director named Wayne Kramer. It was 'Crossing Over,' and Harrison Ford, Ashley Judd and Ray Liotta were in it. I was one of the leads, and I thought this was it. It got shelved for two years, and then it was in theaters maybe a week. After that, I adopted a philosophy of, 'Hope for the best, expect the worst.'

To sum it all up: It was a great picture to do; I just wish it had never been released.

This is the best thing that could've happened for the 2011 season - Bolt losing like this and having to go away.

Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.

Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.