One of my great all-time loves in cinema, and I've seen it three times, is Bondarchuk's 'War and Peace.' Not a lot of people may have seen that film. It was made during the Soviet era.

The ugly duckling is a misunderstood universal myth. It's not about turning into a blonde Barbie doll or becoming what you dream of being; it's about self-revelation, becoming who you are.

Western films don't do very well in India.

Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself

Ultimately, you have to pursue your own path, not someone's idea of the right path. You need to stay on your path.

If Paris is a city of lights, Sydney is the city of fireworks.

The race is long but in the end it is only with YOURSELF.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it.

I really believe musical form will go on. There's got to be a way of making musical form in cinema live again.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth.

All good, clean stories are melodrama, it's just the set of devices that determines how you show or hide it.

Knowledge is the value of a diamond but wisdom is the beauty and light it reflects.

You're my always. I love you so much. I'd do anything to see you this happy." - Avery Adams

Remember: when people tell you something's wrong or doesn't work, they are almost always right. When they tell you exactly what's wrong and how to fix it, they are almost always wrong.

She never envisioned a legal career for me, but she did think it was very important that I be able to support myself, and I think she would be pleased to see what has become of me.

Compassion should be our animating principle when undertaking instruction with children and adults, since they are made in God's image.

There are scenes that were right on the edge, but I always try to err on non-indulgence. It's something that I'm very careful about, that I'm just leaning too hard into something.

Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It was given to us to learn at the outset that life is a profound and passionate thing.

God is a feeling experience and not a believing experience. If your religion is a believing experience ... then that's not truly God.

I have no sense of nationalism, only a cosmic consciousness of belonging to the human family.

Watch people do their most common actions; these are indeed the things that will tell you the real character of a great person.