I had no education in filmmaking. I started with a 8mm camera. I made 34 films, and little by little I gained more experience in filming.
Los Angeles is the only place that I can honestly say I have ever called home.
My mum made a conscious decision not to teach me any Indian languages so I wouldn't talk with an accent.
I was always in trouble from an early age. I had a fraught relationship with my parents, who were very traditional. Doing plays at school was a joyous release.
The unknown is always frightening.
In general, I try to avoid anything that I'm in. I've been that way for awhile. I don't know why. You have to watch, professionally, the things that you're required to watch, but it's not something that I would sit down and watch, again and again.
Older women know who they are, and that makes them more beautiful than younger ones. I like to see a face with some character. I want to see lines. I want to see wrinkles.
People gain so much hope when they know they are not experiencing something alone.
Choose satisfaction over salary. Better to be happy with little than miserable with much.
Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you are out there.