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.'

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

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

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

Every frame and every scene has to have an intention.

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.

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.'