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

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

In India, one has to plan according to the monsoons.

Very good coaches for ski jumpers stand at the top of the slope and watch the jumpers prepare, rather than standing at the bottom and watching them land.

I like cinema audiences. I respect them, and I talk to them just like I would anybody I know.

Sitting down to a meal with an Indian family is different from sitting down to a meal with a British family.

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.

The actor is concerned with his own bit of it, but the director's somehow trying to work the whole thing into a much bigger picture. It's like conducting an orchestra.

I think the job of movie reviewing can be really tough. If a film has layers that need to be thought about, it's easy to get missed the first time around.

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.

I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.

The worst thing that could ever happen to Noah has happened. He's become normal.

When we follow our passion in life we choose to be in harmony with our inner nature.

I intimidate men.... People look a lot but there's no line outside my door.

One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person.

I have so many messy moments.

I think viewers quite like it when I'm suffering or eating or drinking something horrible or really up against it in some quicksand or whatever.

Those who help the poor the most also hurt them the most.

We have to start thinking of ourselves as citizens of the Internet, not just passive users. I don’t see how we can bring about change in our digital lives if we don’t take responsibility.

None of what Barack Obama is doing or wants to do to this country is anything the rest of the world hasn't seen before and already failed at.