Jamie Parker Quotes

People root for me in such a way that when they come to a show, the experience of not knowing what's about to happen is a great thing.

I want people to be blown away when I do what they don't expect.

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 rarely get recognised. It's always a shock when someone notices me. I always think they must be confusing me with someone else.

I love to be surprised.

Crikey means gee whiz, wow!

Holy cow!

It happens very rarely that your ears perk up about a certain project.

I think surprises make TV entertaining.

I did not think this doll could ever be this huge.

What's a bigger mystery box than a movie theater? You go to the theater, you're just so excited to see anything - the moment the lights go down is often the best part.

I never thought they would come

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

Through years and years of playing to various audiences, what I've learned is - and I think quite a few actors will agree with me - we're not always the best judge of that audience's reactions or not. And we discover, to our amazement, at the end of the show, they bring the house down with applause, and we thought, 'No way tonight,' you know.

Blowing people's minds is one of my favorite things to do.

The essence of comedy, drama, and horror is surprise. I have an uncanny ability to surprise people because they look at my face, and they don't know where I'm going.

Surprise is important. I think that's the essence of entertainment, really.

I was like, 'Did I win Roland Garros? What happened?'

I like to be surprised! But it's always hard to surprise me.

Once when we performed at a festival there were between 50, 000 and 60, 000 people in the audience we were so shocked. It was crazy.

I don't think we fully understood what the implications could be when we found out we were doing 'SNL.'

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.

Now that I have you thoroughly confused, let me pause to hear your own dismayed cry.

NO!” The scream was the more terrible because he had never expected or dreamed that Professor McGonagall could make such a sound.

Hold on to your knickers, girls!