Music is a very integral part of the film, but it will not be as full of music as a Bollywood film.

Indian culture certainly gives the Indian mind, including the mind of the Indian scientist, the ability to think out of the box.

In India, one has to plan according to the monsoons.

Very good coaches for ski jumpers stand at the top of the slope and watch the jumpers prepare, rather than standing at the bottom and watching them land.

I like cinema audiences. I respect them, and I talk to them just like I would anybody I know.

Sitting down to a meal with an Indian family is different from sitting down to a meal with a British family.

I'm not a very serious person. You know how they say that clowns are very funny in public and are really sad at home? I'm really kind of stupid at home and more serious in public.

The actor is concerned with his own bit of it, but the director's somehow trying to work the whole thing into a much bigger picture. It's like conducting an orchestra.

I think the job of movie reviewing can be really tough. If a film has layers that need to be thought about, it's easy to get missed the first time around.

If the movie's well made and it's about things that count, people will ultimately see the depth in it.

They suggested I should introduce an element of reincarnation in the story. At first, I thought that was silly. But then, this whole time dimension began to fascinate me.

A historian cannot pick and choose his facts

He hated dishonesty-- or lack of courage-- more than anything.

You can't worry about the rest of the world, never mind the rest of the universe. All you can do is look to your left and your right and try to be kind to whoever is there.

You picked the right road, even though it is the most difficult. That is the essence of heroism. (p. 326)

Without freedom there can be no morality.

It's very difficult for me to evaluate my own stuff.

A little humiliation and ego deflation, now and then, is good for apprentices. Mine sighed miserably.

I love competition.And I thrive on it. I love being able to win the room over before even walking through the door.

My current motto is to go for it, whatever it is that inspires you.

On Stranger Than Fiction, the script was so good that I stuck to every line because it was just such brilliant writing from Zach Helm that I felt like I really just want to shoot the page.