Gopi Sundar Quotes

The fewer expectations you have, the better.

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

I fully expected that, by the end of the century, we would have achieved substantially more than we actually did.

I've never been one to make plans, because I never wanted to disappoint myself.

When you have expectations, you are setting yourself up for disappointment.

This I regard as a classic example of my not being properly prepared for a part I very much wanted.

I'm really disappointed at every event if I don't do less than what I wanted to do.

Both parents worshiped individual achievement, but because of the Depression and the war, they never achieved what they wanted and deserved. So their ambition and high expectations were transferred to me.

I try not to want any one specific thing to happen because that's then bound to probably not happen. Particularly in Hollywood, I try not to set my hopes on anything.

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

Expectations are dangerous. I recommend not having any, if only to avoid disappointment.

I don't have a set pattern. I take things as they come. Usually with a great amount of relish. I just lay back and wait for it to happen. And it usually does.

If 6 turned out to be 9, I don't mind.

Your ally today could be your adversary tomorrow and your ally the next day. Work hard, be polite, be respectful, and don't take it personally.

The thing you think is going to be huge ends up not being huge at all, and the most minute thing you do is talked about for the rest of your life, so I try not to have any expectations at all. I think that helps, if you're just focusing on the project at hand.

I've learned after so many years in this business that nothing is set in stone until you're on set. I've been told I was the choice for years and never got hired. So I never go there in my mind.

I curse myself if I get out without making a 100 after crossing 40.

I've always enjoyed things a little more chaotic than most people would prefer. I feel that I run well in chaos.

No matter what you thought your plans were, that's not how things are going to work out, and that's the only way you can really, I think, live successfully.

Sometimes we have a match at 11 in the morning, sometimes at 9 P.M. We need to always be adapting; we don't have a match at the same time every week, so it's important to be open with everything.

Letting ourselves down in some fashion is such an integral part of daily life that the paucity of literature on the subject is baffling.

The way for me to live is to have no way. My only habit should be to have none. Because I did it this way before is not sufficient reason to do it this way today.

I don't make long-term plans, for sure.

My style is that I have no style.

In this business, you can't get too attached to something.