Human beings are very complex creatures. This desire, this greed, this love is very complex.

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.

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.

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.

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.

It was impossible, of course. But when did that ever stop any dreamer from dreaming.

I don't do relationships because I don't want to love and lose myself.

Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.

I got sick of trying everything. I tried every single thing imaginable - diet, exercise. I even bought a house on the health spa property, and I still gained weight.

A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity.

Originally, theater was my life. It was what I assumed I'd spend my working life doing - if I was lucky. Then along came movies.

Love, you are eternal like springtime.

I'll support Donald [Trump] if he's the Republican nominee.

Just for the hell of it, try to love someone as unlike you as possible.

To have a human form is a joyful thing.