I don't have fights with actors. In absolute honesty, I've never fought with any actor ever.

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.

Love is a strange feeling indeed, a feeling that every person must experience at least once in his or her life. A feeling that makes us feel one with God!

My wife divorced me because she could not trust me anymore.I never want a divorce because I love and care about our daughter.

You teach me, I forget. You show me, I remember. You involve me, I understand.

I don't mind not being cool.

Nature's standard operating procedure, pairing a population explosion with a population crash.

There's probably no God. So stop worrying and enjoy your life.

There can be raw pain and bleeding where so many thousands see the inevitable ups and downs of only a game.

No one can be a painter unless he cares for painting above all else.

We often find comfort in telling what is painful in actual experience.

You really do kind of learn a lot about a person when you watch and listen to the songs that mean something to them.