Jordan Peele Quotes

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

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

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

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

I want people to be surprised.

the table of elements does not contain one of the most powerful elements that make up our world, and that is the element of surprise.

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

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

I'm always excited by the unlikely, never by ordinary things.

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.

I think it is OK to surprise people.

Expect the unexpected from me!

No matter what, expect the unexpected. And whenever possible BE the unexpected.

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.

Charm is a product of the unexpected.

Anything that is unexpected is the X-factor.

That element of surprise is what I look for when I am writing. It is my way of judging what I am doing - which is never an easy thing to do.

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

I don't say that I'm going to be like every other comic that's blue, or gratuitous use of language. I do try to have my own standards: I don't do everything the audience wants, and I do try to surprise them.

I love to be surprised.

When I started 'Record Collection,' I had no idea that it would come out sounding the way that it did, and that's one of the best things about the creative process, taking turns with the things you didn't know.

I don't like shows that are predictable. I like it when you're shocked and you have no idea who's about to die.

You have to keep surprising your audience.

When I hear something that comes from me that makes me fall down off my chair, it's not often.