I always believe that my films should give some hope to the man who comes to watch them for those three hours. If he goes home on an optimistic note, I would feel satisfied at having done my duty.

Mumbai's infectious. Once you start living in Mumbai, working in Mumbai, I don't think you can live anywhere else.

I was in Lahore before the partition, so I don't believe that a border can truly separate Punjab. I still think of it as one.

There are only two types of cinema - good or bad.

I don't make romantic films. I make films about human relationships.

When I was in college, my brother, B.R. Chopra, who is everything to me, was a director in Bombay. He taught me filmmaking. What I am today is because of him.

The secret of being a great actor is a love of food.

Human beings are very complex creatures. This desire, this greed, this love is very complex.

What is the point of making the film if the man doesn't marry the girl?

You can always make a good film but for it to be successful, you need God's blessing.

I'm not making films just to be bold.

Our trouble is not ignorance, but inaction.

Education has in America's whole history been the major hope for improving the individual and society.

People still recognize me all the time on the street. The first thing they say when they stop me is, "Where have you been?" The second comment they make is always, "Oh, you've grown up."

The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body.

Marry for Love, an Heroick Action, which makes a mighty noise in the World, partly because of its rarity, and partly in regard of its extravagancy.

America has always welcomed anyone willing to assimilate to its national character. But radical Islam rejects assimilation and is bent on the conquest of our national character.

Zen says everything is divine so how can anything be special? All is special. Nothing is non-special so nothing can be special.

Change your words into truths and then change that truth into LOVE.

It's completely idiot proof." I told them they've got it all wrong. I want a machine that is "idiot friendly.