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

My grandparents were classic Indian grandparents. My grandmother would put so much powder on her face that it was like a Kabuki play and she'd come down the stairs. I was like 8 or 9 years old. My grandfather apparently had no teeth because he would take out his teeth and put them in a glass, and then he would try to scare me with it. I started to try to scare them when I was a little older.

The whole world makes comic book movies now.

My philosophy is to make movies with the biggest possible budget that will allow it to be made in an independent fashion.

Most of the time, I don't watch classics with anybody. I have to be by myself. That's my classroom.

There is no one looking out for us. We are all alone.

I consider myself an independent filmmaker.