[Making Ordinary People] was a wonderful experience. Tremendous. I haven't seen it since. It belongs to the public now; it no longer really belongs to me.

I am a cynical optimist. Big opening weekends are like cotton candy. The films you will remember over time are the films that stick in the consciousness of the audience in a good way.

Ideas aren't real estate, they grow collectively and that knocks out the egotistical loneliness that generally infects art.

Like all actors, I was open to taking on new challenges, including those outside my comfort zone.

I had just arrived in New York from California. I was nineteen years old and excited beyond belief. I was an art student and an acting student and behaved as most young actors did - meaning that there was no such thing as a good actor, 'cause you yourself hadn't shown up yet.

I used to feel competitive about a career, but now the only things I'm really passionate about are my family, the environment and Indians.

Filmgoers are starved for new ideas, voices and visions.