I've never seen or heard of a mob sitting down to read a film script.

- Deepa Mehta

I think it's really important not to be so judgmental and not to be so fearful. Try to have confidence in yourself. Don't depend so much on what othe…

- Deepa Mehta

Once the script is done, I put it aside for a month. I start thinking of all the films that have influenced me, which I have liked for different reas…

- Deepa Mehta

One of the things that I really love about doing a film is working with actors and the whole casting process. I feel I'm not looking for actors. I fe…

- Deepa Mehta

While we're working on the script, I never see any films. I make it a point because I don't want to get distracted. I don't want to be influenced, an…

- Deepa Mehta

I write mostly as a director. That's why my screenplays are very detailed. So I get into the images I see. I like that.

- Deepa Mehta

The most interesting part of IIFA is that I get to meet filmmakers from India. I just attended a symposium on Satyajit Ray with Rituparno Ghosh and o…

- Deepa Mehta

To make a film is very difficult - it doesn't make a difference whether you are a man or a woman

- Deepa Mehta

I simply can't understand the stereotyping women as film makers who make soppy family dramas. Look at Katherine Bigelow: she has directed Point Break…

- Deepa Mehta