I always try that my next film is different than my last movie. I would like to surprise my audience; that, I think, is the job of an actor.

The element of surprise - where you think you know where a joke is going, and then you're wrong. Those are my favorite kind of jokes.

I never rehearse scenes with the whole ensemble, because I need to preserve some surprise. Instead, I work with the cast individually on their characters.

The path that went by the little house had become a road. Almost every day Laura and Mary stopped their playing and stared in surprise at a wagon slowly creaking by on that road.

We expect surprises. There has to be surprises.

I learned with 'The Disaster Artist,' when I was writing the book, the audience will follow you if you really try to do something different. The biggest thing is, you want to be genuine and try to surprise your audience with kind of a new direction.

We weren't built to fly. We can do it, but we shouldn't be surprised if it feels a little unnatural.

Nothing surprises me about Berry Gordy.

Scratch an artist and you surprise a child.

The rule has been that when one opens a new channel to the universe, there is usually a surprise in it. Why should the gravitational channel be deprived of this?

Whenever I've surprised my audience, I've gained something out of it.

I wouldn't be surprised if some day, they put the Simpsons in the Smithsonian. It's become part of our culture, those characters.

I always respond to characters who have depth. I'm always interested in those people. They're the ones who surprise you.

In real life, there are names that surprise us because they don't seem to suit the person at all.

I don't think policy makers surprise unnecessarily. You don't pick surprise as a part of your policy. Markets value a certain amount of predictability. But there are certain areas where surprise is a tool.

It isn't as much of a surprise any more to see a woman's name in the credits as director.

On the first flight test of any spacecraft, you're going to find surprises.

With 'Imposters,' I finally felt I had gotten something I could sink my teeth into. It's a dream come true, and I couldn't ask for a more fulfilling and challenging experience. It was something I didn't expect. A real surprise.

The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.

It may surprise people to know that I advocate the reform of the United Nations, not its abolishment.