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.

The technology available for film-making now is incredible, but I am a big believer that it's all in the story.

People are finally able to look around and say, 'I can see the drought, I can see the rising sea levels, I can see the crops dying. Okay, now I get it.' It is finally beginning to sink in that there has been a lot of damage.

Be careful of success; it has a dark side.

I can't watch completed films - my wife makes fun of me.

Radio, newspapers, they were normal parts of my life. In those days, you had to go somewhere to watch television and leave something to see it.

I'm not a facelift person. I am what I am.