I'm just trying to approach what I make with as much respect and research as I can, and just make it with a good heart.

I loved 'Monsoon Wedding' and 'Lunchbox' because they had 'real' stories. I wish there are more films made like them.

It’s okay to dress up like another person, but never try to be someone else. Just try to be yourself, because that’s what makes you special. Oh, and watch out if a dragon ever starts to dance ballet.

If you are lying in a tent in the Congo jungle, you don't want to be reading about rainforest biology. You want to be in a distant world.

It is easier for me to have faith in the Bible than to have faith in D.L. Moody, for Moody has failed me lots of times.

I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul!

Rumor is like bees; the more you fight them the more you don't get rid of them.

I'm totally comfortable today with the success that Omar and 'The Wire' have brought me - living with that character, being recognized and remembered for that character.

Always observe, watch, and talk to older people.

God will turn the might have been into a wonderful culture for the future.

Sometimes, I have lost out on a gig because I was not high enough profile.

I don't know whether anyone will care to examine my heart, but if they do, they will find two words there- 'social justice.' For that is what I have believed in and fought for.