I have this theory that your first film is always your best film in some way. I always try to get back to that moment when you're not relying on things you've done before.

It's a good place when all you have is hope and not expectations.

I grew up in a city, I'm a city person - I go on holiday and I'm bored.

There's lots of things that can be solved with cash.

I've just been to the Taj Mahal which I'd never been to and I'm not a very romantic kind of guy but it is the most romantic thing I've ever seen.

The sun is the most important thing in everybody's life, whether you're a plant, an animal or a fish, and we take it for granted.

I don't want people to sit there and objectively watch the film. I want them to experience it as something that's under their skin, so you try to make the films really tactile.

I want people to leave the cinema feeling that something's been confirmed for them about life.

If you have to be persuaded about something, you shouldn't do it.

I learned with 'The Beach' that I'm a bit better lower down the radar.

The awards season gives a chance for independent films to have a bit of longevity in the press and the media.

Some writers write to forget. Some forget to write.

Vegans are always wrong, but damn pleased with themselves

Hell ain't half full.

I think that when somebody, when people really have a connection with each other, they change each other. You become a different person, hopefully a better person, because of it.

To dance is to live. What I want is a school of life.

I use my intuition. I tell my students: use your brains, but also use another part of yourself.

But celebrity really doesn't mean anything unless you use it for finding some way to give back and I've always felt that way.

The director is a bit analogous to the conductor of a symphony orchestra. It's a collaborative adventure.

You have to go away to come back. That's just normal. That's with bands, actors, comedians, everything.

When I started my campaign for Congress, I was one who people said, 'Tulsi, you have a bright future, but there's no way you can win.