When you look at our world, the truth is that we're all under the influence of politics.

I'm not a very serious person. You know how they say that clowns are very funny in public and are really sad at home? I'm really kind of stupid at home and more serious in public.

Indian culture certainly gives the Indian mind, including the mind of the Indian scientist, the ability to think out of the box.

If you spend a whole afternoon just eating popcorn and watching football, there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. But if that's all you do, you get swept along with the tide, without any idea of where you're going.

Even if we don't know it or aren't aware of it, politics and philosophy are really what make our up lives.

Good directing is about getting the performance to be just what's right for the movie.

I try to address my audiences intelligently. The man in the street counts, but sometimes he forgets that he counts.