Saqib Saleem Quotes

I went from sort of trying to get work to all of a sudden being signed up for the next few years on something, and something of this scale with some of the best people in the business involved, acting and directing. It was a dream.

It feels phenomenal. It's a great feeling. 'Race 2' is a big film to be associated with.

It's been a surreal journey for me since 'Masaan.' The way the industry has accepted me and motivated me has been amazing.

Well, it was the beginning of my film career. It was amazing to me that I got nominated for an Academy Award.

Working with Bruce Willis makes my career authentic. I may not get an Oscar, but I worked with Bruce Willis. That matters more to me.

'Naked' propelled me into a whole other league. America started calling. I went over to Los Angeles and met all those people, and I started doing a few American films of various levels of quality.

I am blessed to have worked in big-budget films at an early stage of my career.

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

My career is doing well both in Tollywood as well as Bollywood.

My first film, 'Ishaqzaade,' did well, and I got four damn good films because of it.

For my father, he didn't know what 'Grey's Anatomy' was. He didn't know who John Mayer was. But when I showed up on the 'Law & Order' TNT promo spot, he thought, 'Wow, my son has made it.'

I remember having a feeling like, 'I can't believe this is happening!' Two years ago I was auditioning for The Disney Channel, and now Paul Rudd is saying, 'Hey man, congratulations on your Emmy nomination!'

It's not the part of being a celebrity that's so attractive to me. It's being recognized for your accomplishments and what you've done... becoming closer to what you want to achieve in life.

I'm not aiming for an Academy Award.

Being on Broadway and getting a Tony nomination - this has been an incredible ride, from rather humble beginnings.

After all those days in the cotton fields, the dreams came true on a gold record on a piece of wood. It's in my den where I can look at it every day. I wear it out lookin' at it.

I did get to work with Anthony Hopkins on 'The Human Stain.' If I ever manage to accomplish a quarter of what he's achieved, I'll have had one hell of a career.

I feel like I've finally made it as an actor. I've been doing this for years and you don't always make a movie that everybody likes.

I think fame comes from actually doing something big with your career.

As an actor who has spent twenty years trying to crack America, the day I reached the 'Bloodline' set and found my name on a chair next to Sissy Spacek's was the happiest of my working life.

My goal was never to be famous, but to be a consistently working actor.

Just because you've got a hit doesn't mean you've made it.

Buddy Guy finally got a break and made it. And Buddy Guy deserves it.

It makes me feel good that I can now sit there and go, I've worked with Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, all the great actors that I've worked with... Sir Ben Kingsley.

Eventually, the most important thing is success. I want to achieve a lot of success. It doesn't feel good when your film doesn't do well, and yet you are appreciated... everybody should succeed.