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 le….

Filmmakers have to find the right materials to match their [voice]..

I think I take what you might call a B-movie story, deal with B-movie subjects, and I treat it as if it's an A-movie in terms of my approach, my crew….

This is the problem with being Indian. It's hard to be one of the family members. Everybody is white usually [in the movie]..

My directing style is long takes. The longer take I can do, the more I can think of not doing it in cuts, the better..

When you find your voice, your life takes on grace..

Always in life bad times will lead to great times..

I storyboard every shot of my thrillers in general. I draw them out and do them..

You're never the same. You're degrading, or you're getting better. You don't stay the same..

Basically, when I'm writing something, I think about what is the subject of the piece. The subject of the piece is our fear of getting old, which is ….

I'm so consistent that my director's cuts are usually 20-25 minutes longer than the released version of the movies..

I think one of my favorite things about making low budget movies is that when you get into expensive moviemaking territory, it's almost impossible no….

I'm so from the Woody Allen/Spike Lee school..

Is it possible that there are no coincidences?.

You don't get to celebrate yourself unless you risk being mocked or rejected. As an artist, you cannot play it safe. You just can't..

'The Last Airbender' is genetically engineered for me. I love martial arts. I study it. The movie's based on a lot of Buddhist and Hindu philosophy. ….

I love stage actors. The pool of world class actors that have done theater [is big], there's a higher opportunity of grabbing somebody from that pool..

There are a lot of things I can take, and a few that I can't. What I can't take is when my older brother, who's everything that I want to be, starts ….

I'm from that world where I feel so comfortable making small independent movies..

The whole world makes comic book movies now..

My philosophy is to make movies with the biggest possible budget that will allow it to be made in an independent fashion..