In our house we say 'adolescence' is a western word. We don't believe in it.

Truth is more peculiar than fiction. Life is really a startling place.

I grew up in a very small town which is remote even by Indian standards. I always dreamed of the world.

Bollywood actors are so set in what they want, and the way they want it. And why shouldn't they be? But it is not the same in Hollywood, because the love of the audience is not the same.

You've got to understand that in Bollywood, every actor is an instrument, and yet a human being. They come to the set with a set agenda, believing, 'This is who I am, this is what I want, and no, I am not going to become that character you want me to.'

Every frame and every scene has to have an intention.

We all know the power of film; we all know there's almost nothing more powerful than to see people on film that look and talk like you, like we do.