The kids ask about marriage. It's meaning more and more to them. So it's something we've got to look at.

Indian cinema seems to be growing very well at its own pace.

The last Bollywood movie I watched was 3 Idiots that featured Aamir Khan in it. It was impressive!

Democracy doesn't work unless people are well informed, and I don't know that we are. People just don't have the time. Most people's daily lives are just about surviving. Most people don't have time to really study [crucial] issues.

Let us be the ones who say we do not accept that a child dies every three seconds simply because he does not have the drugs you and I have. Let us be the ones to say we are not satisfied that your place of birth determines your right for life. Let us be outraged; let us be loud; let us be bold.

I spent the '90s trying to hide out, trying to duck the full celebrity cacophony.

So much of making movies is about discovery on the day, what you're figuring out. If you know everything going in, then it's not worth doing - it's already done. I'm interested in finding people who I think have a voice - and a very specific voice.