It's the poignancy and sadness in things that gets to me.

I never wanted to do political satire because it seems too surface to me.

I became an American in 2006. It got me thinking about what is my America and what's my perception of America.

You become so encapsulated in this world of being a star. People listen to what you say, you have this voice, it becomes unreal and you become far removed from the people you came from.

I love John Waters. There's stuff in it that's beyond the boundaries of my taste, but his movies have always been like that.

I'm sick of environmentalism.

I'm fascinated by Bollywood.