'The Last Airbender' is genetically engineered for me. I love martial arts. I study it. The movie's based on a lot of Buddhist and Hindu philosophy. I was raised Hindu.

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

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 break down into two groups. When they experience something lucky, group number one sees it as more than luck, more than coincidence. They see it as a sign, evidence, that there is someone up there, watching out for them. Group number two sees it as just pure luck. Just a happy turn of chance.

I've been asked to direct pilots for a lot of shows.

You're never the same. You're degrading, or you're getting better. You don't stay the same.

The beauty is that we can blur film and TV a little bit more.