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.

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

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.

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.

Imagination shrinks from the consequences.

Did we really come all that way?" She asked. "Time flies when you're scared out of your mind." He answered.

In WASP families, if you don't get along with someone, you have as little to do with them as possible. In Jewish families, you move next door, to make them as miserable as possible.

I know what happened. I used my inTWINition

I've had a chance to fly a lot of different airplanes, but it was nothing like the shuttle ride.

Deep down the consciousness of mankind is one. This is a virtual certainty because even in the vacuum matter is one; and if we don't see this, it's because we are blinding ourselves to it.

It's not that your most important work is meaningless; it's that your most trivial movements are also significant.

I wish I was more adventurous.

Just try to stay a child as long as you can. Don't force into adulthood.

I try to watch only real things, which basically amounts to C-Span for me. I like real people in real situations. I learn from that.