There are a lot of things I can take, and a few that I can't. What I can't take is when my older brother, who's everything that I want to be, starts losing faith in things. I saw that look in your eyes last night. I don't ever want to see that look in your eyes again.

People who come to see my movies, you're coming to see a drama masquerading as a genre piece.

This is the problem with being Indian. It's hard to be one of the family members. Everybody is white usually [in the movie].

Basically, when I'm writing something, I think about what is the subject of the piece. The subject of the piece is our fear of getting old, which is a variation on our fear of dying.

I had a desire to do TV and wanted to get in, in the right way, knowing that I was going to learn a lot, along the way.

See what you have to ask yourself is what kind of person are you? Are you the kind that sees signs, sees miracles? Or do you believe that people just get lucky?

You're saying, "I'm gonna do this thing," and you have to be aware, as a rational human being, that you may not be allowed back in.