I have never pressurized a producer to do me any favor.

Everything has its advantages and disadvantages.

You see, I have many friends in the Hindi film industry.

India can't be looked at as a country; it's more of a continent.

The Anglo-Saxon world saw India as an underdeveloped country. The land of snake charmers, the cows on the street, that "ex-colony-backward-nation" kind of viewpoint, very condescending. Europe on the other hand, saw India in a more romantic, mystical, spiritual way, as a place that's a fountain of wisdom.

I can't play Mahatma Gandhi.

There's a big difference between how the Anglo-Saxon world views India, or viewed India, and the way Europe views India.