Cinema is an art form.

'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 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.

If you get validation from outside, then suddenly everything you do at home is justified.

Freedom is being allowed to think your own thoughts and live your own life.

I love looking in the mirror and feeling good about what I see.

The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.

I always loved fish for the colors and birds for the plumage. In the same way, I loved those women of the cabaret. They were birds of paradise.

To be loved, you have to be nice to people, everyday. But to be hated, you don't have to do squat!

I think the biggest obstacle I still have to overcome is myself, and just kind of struggling every day with what to do with the work and where to go next.

I don't know what is better than the work that is given to the actor-to teach the human heart the knowledge of itself.

We shouldn't turn the safety net into a hammock. It should actually be a safety net.

It is hard to partner with someone when you become so radioactive no one wants to stand next to you.

Russia is the biggest threat to the international order, not the Islamic State, not Iran, although I have problems with Iran, and not China. It's Russia.