Tobey Maguire Quotes

Mum and dad thought I was going to say I was pregnant. I said oh no, no, I've just been nominated for a Golden Globe. They were like, oh that's lovely, love.

I'm awkward at these things. Just being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Karate Kid was a real surprise and I was a little uncomfortable.

Appallingly, I hadn't thought about it one jot. I never daydreamed as a little girl of getting married and having children. I was as surprised to discover I was getting married as I was to discover I was up the duff.

I got an email saying we were nominated for a Grammy, and I instantly thought it was a joke. So I started Googling the nominees, and there we were!

Single Record of the Year and New Vocalist were such a blessing to see, but when I saw that I was up for Album of the Year, that's when I started to be like, 'What in the world, this is crazy!' That one really got me in a pretty different way.

I'm always shocked by what people react to.

Cowardece is often just another name for being taken by surprise.

Never did I think that I became family entertainment.

I was excited to be nominated for the Grammy, but prizes are a little strange.

When Lars said, 'We want you to be in Metallica,' I was blown away.

The support from back home has been more than I ever expected. They always knew me as the lacrosse player or the girl playing field hockey. Now they're seeing me on national TV, and they've been so supportive.

I'll be at the airport, and people will say, 'Mantis!' and I'm like, 'Wait! How do you know I'm here?' It's just crazy.

Thinking of the dismissal by Leicester, the first thing that comes to mind is a sense of surprise even more than of bitterness.

Pop shouldn't be a comfortable slipper. It should shock and surprise you and confront your expectations.

I want people to be surprised.

I like to do something that gets a real reaction from people.

I surprise myself by the things I get excited by.

It is so unexpected, it goes beyond my wildest dreams. Sometimes I just sit back and think. 'Oh my God, I'm in the movies!' It still hasn't sunk in.

When you see The Situation in person, it can startle some people.

It feels amazing to be on the MTV Brand New list. I was shocked when I got told - a good shocked. I'm proper happy about it.

I want to surprise all the fans, all the people in MLS.

Expect the unexpected from me!

Always the tone of surpise.

The moment my name was called [Africa's Footballer of the Year] was truly overwhelming and I was about to scream with joy.

Sometimes when you find something you didn't really realize you were looking for, you just don't know how to react.