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

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.

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

Never treat anything you do as a stepping stone. Do it fully, and follow it completely.

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.

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.

It's only at this age that I can say the word 'art' without flinching.