Every frame and every scene has to have an intention.

Americans are not used to being bombed in their beds, but if you come from anywhere outside America, it's not highly unusual.

I am still attracted to stories about people who are considered to be on the outside of society. I still seek inspiration from those stories.

Making films is about having absolute and foolish confidence; the challenge for all of us is to have the heart of a poet and the skin of an elephant.

Never take no for answer, and try to make films that turn you on.

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.

I grew up in a small town in India, but through books I knew the world.