Lauren Mayberry Quotes

I think there's a sort of satisfaction in defying people's expectations.

All the things that people like me supposedly don't do, I do.

Sometimes the most positive thing you can be in a boring society is absolutely negative.

It's always good to have no expectations when you see a film. Then you can be pleasantly disappointed or surprised.

I love doing things that people don't expect.

Hmmm... I never get the answer I think I'm going to get.

Most of the time, I don't want to use anti-climatic, but sometimes you go out there thinking this is going to be the worst thing you've ever gotten yourself into, and then you get back to base and think, 'Wow, that wasn't anything like I expected.'

You try not to pay too much attention to the hype before the game, because you never know what's going to happen.

Playing villains is very liberating because unlike the leading man, nothing is expected of you. Leading men have to look good, they have to behave in a certain way, they have to fulfill an audience's expectations. But as a bad guy, you have free license to take the audience by surprise. And that's what audiences want - they want unpredictability from their villains. The villain's job is to subvert it.

A thing long expected takes the form of the unexpected when at last it comes.

My first reaction to being pigeonholed or pushed into certain confines is to be like, 'No, I'm the opposite,' you know? Like, don't put me in a stereotypical black-girl category, because I'm not like that; I'm doing this thing over here.

I think my dad's rebellion is that he's super accepting - I mean, he, like, encouraged me to drop out of university. And to do acting.

I have planned my whole future, my whole life. And nine out of 10 times, it never happens the way you want or plan or think it's going to happen.

I want to surprise people with my work every time.

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 actually think I'm still quite childishly optimistic in a certain way, which is maybe why I find life quite shocking.

The better team sometimes loses.

I never in a million years would have thought I would end up with Golden State.

I understand that, being born with a certain face, people want to see me in certain roles. But one needs to break that image by doing different kinds of films.

I dress differently, I don't conform to what golf is supposed to be.

If people say, 'You can't do that,' you can be sure I will do my utmost to do it.

I typically do the opposite of what people think I am going to do.

I'm always shocked by what people react to.

I love doing things people don't expect. The fans will be well fed.

The only dependable law of life - everything is always worse than you thought it was going to be.