A. R. Rahman Quotes

I'm always very excited by something that's a curveball or from left field.

One of the main reasons that I love doing what I do is because it's unpredictable and I don't know what's coming next. When you're creating work, it's up to you whether it's an exciting experience or not.

I'm surprised that I get to be in the same room with half the people that I'm working with.

I think it is OK to surprise people.

Expect the unexpected, is what I'd say about 'Taboo.'

Funny how it kept hitting me, like each new thing was a surprise. When was I going to stop being surprised?

Expect everything, I always say, and the unexpected never happens.

It's been predictable, in the sense of 'expect the unexpected'.

I didn't even apply. There was no warning.

What's great about collaborating is getting to work with wonderful people. That's what theatre is about: other people getting you to give your best, and getting everyone else's best out of them.

The thing I have always tried to do is surprise people: to present them with something they didn't expect.

I enjoyed my time at DC. Dan Didio, Geoff Johns and Jim Lee were great to me, and I'm very grateful for the opportunities they gave me. Having said that, I think it's important to try new things and work with new people to keep myself fresh.

I like to be surprised. The best writing is when it defies me, when it starts going a different way than I had planned.

I'd work with Danny Boyle every day of the week. No matter what he was doing I would do that.

Life is nutty; anything can happen.

I never thought they would come

I've been very excited to have children for a long time. It definitely added an interesting twist to the night we screened 'Lyle' at Outfest, and I got up to do the Q&A, and I had this huge belly no one was expecting. It creeped everybody out in the best way.

I'm obsessed with giving the audience something they don't see coming.

I never tell an audience what they can expect. I never have, and I never will.

Every day and every scene, it's never the scene that you expect.

'Shocking' is like a bolt from the blue. It is something external that ruptures your world.

I didn't know initially whether I'd like doing TV and whether I'd be able to work with other people. I've always done my own thing. I've never put myself into that situation, but it's the most fun I've had in years.

I never anticipated seeing 40.

I want people to be surprised.

One thing I have realised is that there are no certainties. Anything can happen anytime.