I love huge movies. Not sure I am the guy to make them, but you can rely on me being there watching them.

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.

I often buy print books only after I've read them in some digital form or other. It's my odd way of keeping the physical presence of the best among multitudes. And I only have one shelf.

It's important for women to work. They need to keep their independence, to keep earning and being challenged.

You've got no chance of reaching the top if you're just playing for money.

In the bush, trust no one you don't know.

Oscar Peterson plays the best ivory box I've ever heard.

Happiness is a state of mind. With physical comforts if your mind is still in a state of confusion and agitation, it is not happiness. Happiness means calmness of mind.

He is dead in this world who has no belief in another.

Even a little of dharma saves one from many a pitfall.

oil paints...the look of licked lips.

Your non attachment to the mundane is your charm. Your attachment to the divine is your beauty.