Antoine Fuqua Quotes

I get random meetings, like, 'Ron Howard would like to sit down with you.' 'Really?' If 'Breaking Bad' hadn't happened, Ron Howard probably wouldn't want to sit down with me. Because he would have no idea who I was.

Being recognized by Hollywood is a dream true; it's really an amazing moment.

I'm really pleased with the way my career is shaping up. How many actresses get a chance to work with legends like Mani Ratnam and Sanjay Leela Bhansali?

It'd be crazy to be an all-time great in New York City. That's a dream come true.

It was crazy to say that I have the guidance of Paul Heyman out of all these people. Eight-year-old real me is like, is this real life?

I'm just meeting amazing people. I'll go into a meeting with Ant and Dec and just be like, 'This is my life?'

I was very lucky to be in the right place at the right time and play with Michael Jordan.

One of my dreams was being called a 'Diaper Dandy' by Dick Vitale. He calls me that all the time now. It's surreal.

If you play well in the Champions League you get your name out there.

I don't want to sound bigheaded or anything, but when you reach a certain level of recognition or fame, or whatever you want to call it, when you're young the first couple of years you think, 'Oh, this is fun.'

At the end of a career you're desperate more than ever for medals, grabbing as much as you can as you go.

The bigger your songs get, the bigger the festivals you play at will be, until you make it to Ultra. It happened super quick for me. I'm still in shock, actually. I have to pinch myself a lot.

It's every kid's dream to be drafted No. 1.

I got to work with Sarah Michelle Gellar, and that's the thing that you dream of.

You can't win anything more special than a World Cup.

I am very proud to join the Hall of Fame.

I wanted to be famous and I wanted to make a fortune, and I've done that.

When you are successful, the perception of the people around you changes. If I do a variety of work, people notice me differently, and that is what is happening. I am fortunate to get these opportunities.

Manchester United is a world-famous club, and yet if you say, 'Manchester United,' then immediately you think of Sir Alex Ferguson. To have achieved so much and have so much importance at such a big club is extremely rare.

I want to build to that mogul, legendary level.

The longing for a very garish kind of success seems as widespread among writers as among investment bankers.

Young man, make your name worth something.

I'm an Academy Award winner. I'm serious.

Oh, what's this in my shoe? Red carpet insole. Everywhere I go, I'm walking on red carpet.

You can be rich and not be famous. You can be famous and not be rich. But to be rich and famous is a special category all by itself.