Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long and in the end, it's only with yourself.

The ugly duckling is a misunderstood universal myth. It's not about turning into a blonde Barbie doll or becoming what you dream of being; it's about self-revelation, becoming who you are.

Western films don't do very well in India.

Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself

Ultimately, you have to pursue your own path, not someone's idea of the right path. You need to stay on your path.

If Paris is a city of lights, Sydney is the city of fireworks.

The race is long but in the end it is only with YOURSELF.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it.

I really believe musical form will go on. There's got to be a way of making musical form in cinema live again.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth.

All good, clean stories are melodrama, it's just the set of devices that determines how you show or hide it.

Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it: nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.

Be kind, don't judge, and have respect for others. If we can all do this, the world would be a better place. The point is to teach this to the next generation.

I have no doubts, by the way, that Ariel Sharon really wants to move the peace process forward.

People in love often become edgy, dangerous. They lose their sense of perspective.

Guitarists should be able to pick up the guitar and play music on it for an hour, without a rhythm section or anything.

You're so consumed with how much you get, you waste your time with hate and regret.

I think it's an old fashioned notion that fashion needs to be exclusive to be fashionable.

I have a skin disorder that destroys the pigmentation of the skin, it's something that I cannot help, OK?

Man is lyrical, woman epic, marriage dramatic.

I got lot to do at a pretty young age in terms of emotionally challenging films. I did not do any fluff... fluff is not me.