Syd Quotes

My whole childhood, I'd been dreaming of this two-point-four children, living in the country - everything was just going to fall into place, and I'd be this perfect mum. And it didn't happen. I was very shocked and disappointed.

I don't think any of us grew up into the world we were hoping for or expecting.

It's a source of great sadness to me that my father died without having seen me do anything worthwhile. He was constantly having to make excuses for me.

Parents are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfill the promise of their early years.

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

Expectations are resentments under construction.

I feel like everything will be a letdown after 'You're The Worst.' It was such a great experience.

We do not really feel grateful toward those who make our dreams come true; they ruin our dreams.

I knew it would break his heart if I didn't go into the business.

Everyone has expectations. You just don't want to have them dashed, so you're quiet about them.

I had a beautiful childhood, so my adulthood has been really frustrating because it's - half the time it hasn't been as good as my childhood.

When all of your wishes are granted, many of your dreams will be destroyed.

I mean, I had probably an illusion of being the wife that, you know, I wanted to create a home. I wanted to have children. I wanted him to be a husband. It was never going to be that way. It couldn't be that way.

I really, really thought that it was a no-brainer in terms of being a hit. And so it does surprise that that hasn't been the manifested reception of it so far.

You know, a song is like a kid. You bring it up. And sometimes something you thought was going to be fantastic, by the time it's finished, is a bit of a disappointment.

People from New York have been calling, to see if I'm still alive. When I answer the phone, you can hear the disappointment in their voice.

I've always wanted to be a mom at 23, 24ish, ever since I was a little girl. I'm right on schedule.

My character, Rick Spleen, is a what-if version of me, really, where nothing did quite turn out right and everything else is still around the corner.

Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect.

I intended to be famous by the time I was 16 and rich by the time I was 20. Curiously, it didn't pan out!

In life and in movies, it's a similar challenge, where you have expectations, and you end up in situations that are not meeting your expectations.

I think people were expecting me to be that kind of glamorous sexpot. So they were always, Wow you're not what I expected.

I resented that my career wasn't going the way that it was supposed to. And I was angry that I wasn't getting the parts that I wanted.

Sometimes what someone else does is really not what you expected them to do, which to be honest, sometimes doesn't work.

That was a surprise. I just had wished that Wil Wheaton was there. He was missing from the last show and it would have been nice if everyone could have been there.