I write mostly as a director. That's why my screenplays are very detailed. So I get into the images I see. I like that.

I think it's really important not to be so judgmental and not to be so fearful. Try to have confidence in yourself. Don't depend so much on what others say about you or want you to be.

I write mostly as a director. That's why my screenplays are very detailed. So I get into the images I see. I like that.

It was difficult in India to find an eight year old who could play a widow. The reason for that is that most of the children in India are really exposed to Bollywood. It's commercial Indian cinema which is really over the top. To find an actor, or even a non-actor, who felt natural was difficult.

Oh my God! Why did I leave India? I fell in love with a white man. That's what it was. It was the most boring, predictable reason in the world. I met him in India, we fell in love, and we got married. And then, we got divorced. Sorry about that.

To make a film is very difficult - it doesn't make a difference whether you are a man or a woman

I've never seen or heard of a mob sitting down to read a film script.