There is more to Indian cinema than just Bollywood. I think regional cinema, especially Tamil and Marathi cinema are exploring some really bold themes.

'Bombay Velvet' is my first film in a trilogy about Bombay, before it became a metropolis.

I guess short films have a bright future... The advantage is budget.

I do not make movies to send any message, but my treatment makes my viewers think on the subject.

Through movies, I have met nearly everyone I have wanted to, except Woody Allen.

The censor boards are mere redundant forces conspiring to keep the 'bold' films out of reach of the audience.

Cinema is an art form.

Cinema is much more than heroes and villains.

One must go for a film with an open mind; a film best impacts you when your mind is a blank page to the film.

Films are like oxygen for me.

I shoot reality-based movies, and in actual locations, shooting them with a star is next to impossible.

Some books must be sipped slowly like a strong bourbon. Most books must be devoured more than once because as you age you distill more.

Later, in the early teens, I used to ride my bike every Saturday morning to the nearest airport, ten miles away, push airplanes in and out of the hangars, and clean up the hangars.

I grew up in the business since I was three years old so I've always kind of been in front of the camera and grew up in commercials and I knew that I wanted to do it no matter what, I just loved it.

Mystery is the number one conjurer of ideas.

I can't begin to describe the amount of crap I've taken for being a lousy free-throw shooter.

Often people do not properly value things that they are good at naturally because they find them too easy. That is very problematic.

Every conflict is emblematic of the throwaway culture.

Every book is good to read which sets the reader in a working mood.

I really have the American dream licked.

I believe that, that Christ became sin for us.