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.

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.

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.

I like DVDs so much - it's such a better format than VHS.

Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

If you look on wealth as a thing to be valued your imaginary poverty will cause you torment.

There is a weapon we can fight with. That is the weapon of political action.

You get the kids today into the sport, and then they can't get to the "next level." I mean, come on, that's a bunch of junk.

Music is the most powerful thing on this earth, and it's hard to be angry when you are listening to music.

I don't live to eat, I eat to live.

Sun shines with its light; flowers shine with their beauties and men shine with their goodnesses.

Look in, look the storm in the eye. Look out, to the sea and the sky. Look around, at the sight and sound. Look in, look out, look around.

I think the minute you're full up and have had enough to eat, then that's time to retire.

Running helps me stay on an even keel and in an optimistic frame of mind.