Catherine McAuley Quotes

I knew that I had a following here in England, and if I came over here maybe I could cultivate it, but I never dreamt it would be as great as it has been.

I never really set out to do anything in the charts with music. It came as a total surprise that I did, and it's fun.

I honestly didn't expect this much attention, but it just keeps happening so I must be doing something right.

What? You seek something? You wish to multiply yourself tenfold, a hundredfold? You seek followers? Seek zeros!

What's great about the way 'Shame''s been received is that I kept on thinking there's no way this film will be received well since I've had such a good time.

I'm more surprised than anyone that 'Spamalot's done so well. You can never predict what's going to be a hit.

Yes, there was a sort of underground cult following, which came from nowhere, and grew, and grew. It was quite surprising to us all, because all of us had spent probably the previous five to ten years without it. So it was quite overwhelming. Overwhelming and humbling.

Fame, like the river, is narrowest where it is bred, and broadest afar off.

We used to go and play shows in the south in front of two people and now every show we did was just great. The warm-ups, most of those weren't even advertised and most of them were sold out. I don't know what's going on, it's just so much different than it used to be.

It's like Branson. When I went to Branson there was only 4 acts in there. Now, you can't count 'em. There's so many theatres now, that only the strong will survive.

The success of the second 'Austin Powers' caught us by surprise a little bit. We had decided not to do even a second one, unless the audience wanted it and we could do something better.

You never know what's going to happen sometimes, or what you think's going to happen never happens, or when you least expect it, the Santana record comes along and just blows up.

The good thing about people underestimating models is that the bar is set so low, you tend to impress people more easily.

Since the beginning, it was just the same. The only difference, the crowds are bigger now.

I think things can surprise you. I mean, I loved Instagram from the minute it started, but I think it surprised a lot of people how quickly it got huge.

I've always known I would be a success, but I was surprised at the way it came.

You can find Chobani in every major supermarket, in club stores, convenience stores and airports. But we're not everywhere yet. We have been struggling with keeping up with demand.

We've got a bit of growth a bit earlier than expected.

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

Of course the success of A Boy's Own Story took me utterly off guard.

The boom is getting boomier.

I assumed that 'Gone Girl' would do incrementally better than 'Dark Places,' and that would be great. So the fact that it did more than that was kind of an incredibly pleasant surprise.

Look, the fame rocket is only on the upward trajectory for a limited time.

You never know what can happen in football. It's football.

I was like, Amazon Prime? Who has Amazon Prime? It turns out everybody.