Louis Malle Quotes

Part of my humor is the fact that I love coming out of left field. I don't want people to expect what is going to happen next.

One should always be a little improbable.

I'm not a big fan of patterns. I like the unexpected.

I love doing things people don't expect.

I feel the best way to respect my audience is to not give them what they expect from me... 'cause it's fun that way.

Every once in a while, when the audience is expecting to see one thing, you have to show them something else.

I'm not a creature of habit. I like to find things from unexpected sources.

I'm a great believer in the beauty and the power of surprise.

I don't mind being unlikely. I'd rather that than be predictable.

For me, what is most important is the element of surprise. If I can surprise you with every film of mine, that is exactly what I am trying to do.

Predictability is the cousin of death: I don't necessarily want people to see me coming. You know?

I like to do something different that people don't expect. That's what I've always been about, in everything I do.

I love doing things that people don't expect.

I love being unpredictable and unexpected.

It's great to surprise people. If you do the same thing all over again, which people expect you to do, they're going to get bored.

The people I enjoy most are the ones who don't stick to script.

I like to try new stuff and experiment. That's why I think it's entertaining to watch my matches, because you never know what I'm going to do, and you see things that you've never seen before.

I think I wanted my solo debut to be very unpredictable.

I'm the weirdest alien on this planet. I don't do anything by routine.

Any time people are breaking outside the norm and playing something that isn't expected - that feels like punk to me.

I like to surprise myself. I like to surprise my fans, too.

I think it's because I'm unpredictable. I view every situation, every race, and every candidate differently I try not to rely on something that worked before.

And she did not want him to think her quite mad, only a little unique, only containing within her just that measure of the unexpected sufficient to make her irreplaceable.

It's good to be unexpected with it.

I don't like the fact that people are supposed to think horror movies have a way things should go. I always try to do the exact opposite of what people expect and want.