They say now in America that final cut doesn't mean anything. As Harvey Weinstein said to some film-maker, 'You can have final cut. I'll open your film in Arkansas.'

Post 9/11, so much has changed in New York that it does not give you that homely feeling which it did before.

I want to question what the outside is and who defines it. I often find those that are considered to be on the outside extremely inspiring.

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

I've never sought to be on an A-list. I've done my own thing and my own thing has thankfully now brought me an audience.

I know what it's like to be in one place and dream of another. I also know what it's like to feel that nostalgia is a fairly useless thing because it is stasis.

It took me three years to learn to dress in the American way, especially in winter. That was just like me. I barely wear socks even now.