Mike Rutherford Quotes

You never know how things are going to turn out in a movie. You can imagine a scene one way, and it can turn out to be completely the polar opposite of what you expected. You just have to roll with the punches.

I do not see myself, I never make plans, I never set goals, and I never do that kind of stuff; I don't like to futurize, I barely know what I will do tomorrow, and because there is a working plan here, I've never futurized because life always surprises me with things even better.

I am more of a surprise kind of guy. I love to find out as I go.

I never rule anything in or out; life can surprise you.

The one thing I've learned in sports entertainment is that nothing is for certain, and you never say never.

I don't make plans for my future. I have learned that you cannot predict what will happen.

Many times you never know what's going to happen. You'll play songs that you never thought you were going to play.

Unless you expect the unexpected you will never find it, for it is hard to discover and hard to attain.

Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable.

It's hard to plan for what comes next when what comes next is not something you planned for.

I don't like to have everything all worked out in my head because there's always a chance of it coming out different than you think it should anyway.

I'm not somebody who plans. There were times I planned a lot in my life, and it never turns out how you plan it. So I think it's important not to. I'm a very spontaneous person.

If you ask me a question, don't tell me what the question is in advance, 'cause I'd rather not know.

The more ambivalent you are and the more uncertain you are, then you can get something that you cannot anticipate.

I always leave room for serendipity and chance.

I'm not a career filmmaker. I just like to do things that I still kind of believe in and because of that you just never know what's going to happen next. It doesn't matter if it's been a good year or a bad year: next year, there's no telling what it will be like.

The whole thing about the way I approach work is to be surprised by an opportunity when it comes up. So I have no idea what I will be doing next, and I kind of like that.

When you have children, you realise you can't plan anything. There's no Plan A, no Plan B. Life will happen and you will go with it.

I couldn't tell you what I am going to do next 'cause I have no idea, but I am open to anything.

Sometimes they keep us in the dark, but it's TV, so sometimes they keep us in the dark because even they don't know yet. You know what I mean? So, it sort of develops as it goes along and according to various needs that arise.

No dance has ever turned out the way I thought it would, because I trust enough that I can start something with some ideas and then it takes itself somewhere.

My life is so full of surprises, nothing surprises me any more.

I like when life is sort of spontaneous. I like the unexpected. I'm comfortable in that!

You've gotta leave enough space for your actors to bring stuff to the table and whatever the weather's doing that day or what the light's like. Things can shift, and you have to be malleable. Every day is a different feeling and a change.

I don't really have an average day, and that works for me. If I knew what I had to do ahead of time, I would be so depressed. I love the unexpected. I love change. I love things being thrown at me.