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.

Creative freedom is an imperative for me, but it doesn't really exist in a Hollywood game.

It is because my roots are so strong that I can fly.

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.

If we don't tell our own stories, no one else will.

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.

Marriage of attraction is a gamble anyway, so you might as well marry into a family that is similar to your own, and make that much less of an adjustment. But the 'love marriage', as it is called, is equally common in India now. But it would be interesting to do a comparison of what would work better. Marriage is hard work, and it is a gamble.