The history of the white man in India really jumped up and bit me in the neck.

Much of Indian science seems intuitive and not bound by the rigid thinking of classical scientists.

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.

I've never wanted to do something where I'd berate the audience.

I think a film should have a gestation period of at least two or three years.

If the movie's well made and it's about things that count, people will ultimately see the depth in it.

They suggested I should introduce an element of reincarnation in the story. At first, I thought that was silly. But then, this whole time dimension began to fascinate me.