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

Anime is intended to have ambiguous features. That's part of the art form.

Movies will end up being this esoteric art form, where only singular people will put films out in a small group of theaters.

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

Sometimes people can write really great scenes and even a great episode, but they can't see the bigger picture.

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

I knew the moment it happened, it was a miracle. I could have been kissing her when she threw up. It would have scarred me for life. I may never have recovered.