Richard Roundtree Quotes

I had no idea that it was gonna take off the way it did. I thought we made a good movie.

Nobody paid any attention career-wise to me in America until 'Bronson.' It gave me a calling card and passage into America, where I've always wanted to work.

My first year and a half in Hollywood, I did three films. Then in 1959, I was in 'Gidget,' 'Imitation of Life' and 'A Summer Place.' After that, I was a star. It was fun.

I've done a lot of movies, but none of them that have blown up the way that 'Divergent' did.

Getting to be on DVD is a huge step for me as an actor, this isn't the world that I imagined for myself.

I do want to be in mainstream movies that are going to be seen. I suppose it satisfies the showbiz side of me.

I look at my jersey and see the NBA logo, I'm like, 'I didn't think I'd be here.'

I am very proud to be a part of '3 Idiots,' and happy that the character has worked in a big way.

Alfie was the first time I was above the title; the first time I became a star in America.

I never thought I'd be doing records a year after I started - I had no idea it would last as long as it did.

Working on 'Girls' opened up a lot of opportunity for me. It's like a dream job. It's a dream.

I could never have conceived that I would ever get to work in a Truffaut film. It was astonishing to me, and still is. I felt like an old pro, but it was still so unexpected.

I didn't start making a real living until eight or nine years in. Even after 'Goodfellas' came out, I was still working as a waiter, and people would recognize me - that was an odd experience. But when 'The Sopranos' hit, that was like an exponential leap.

After 'Fukrey,' when a filmmaker came to narrate a film to me, I started crying. It was a dream come true moment for me.

It is because of Navketan that I became a movie star.

I didn't expect all of this success to come so quickly.

After a series of failures, to be part of a project like 'Baahubali: The Beginning' is dream-like, and it's easily the most unexpected thing of my career.

I never thought I'd be a senior player in a county side, let alone the England side. When you break into a county side, that is your aim, so it's an incredible feeling to have achieved that with England.

I'll relish playing at Wembley in a major cup final. It's a great achievement for me, and it's why I became a footballer, because I want to win medals.

I think it's a huge a opportunity for me, because I am part of a film that has stars like Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor and Bobby Deol. It will grab eyeballs and I will get noticed, too. I hope 'Race 3' opens more doors for me.

Going to Broadway - then to be invited to the Tonys - I really tap into what that feels like now to fulfill lifetime goals.

I'm proud of 'Mission: Impossible.' It made me famous beyond my wildest dreams.

No one was more surprised than me by the success of the first series of 'Line of Duty.'

I actually remember the exact date I got the call that I got the 'Spider-Man: Homecoming' role - May 6, 2016. It was probably the best day of my life.

Finishing on the podium in my first year, I never expected that. It just fell into place.