The thing that separates a so-so director and a great director is a love and caring for film..

I have never seen it (Jaws 4) but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built and it is terrific..

It makes it difficult to decide which to go see, since no film about say, some tragic genocide in Africa is going to get a bad review even if it's po….

If you're reading a comic strip, you can read it at any speed you want. But with film and music, the audience has to take it the way the composer giv….

I look back, and I've got a couple of films, and I'm happy..

The whole film business was built on immigrants: Billy Wilder and Michael Curtiz and all these hefty lads..

It becomes easier to handle controversies when you are a part of the film industry. I just take them with a smile..

Sidharth and me were supposed to work much before Bang Bang, we were in talks for a few films which didnt work out..

People say to me, "You make fantastic films" and I say, "No, I make documentaries..

I'm not a big slasher film fan..

My favourite films are in languages I don't understand..

I want my movies to be audience experiences. As much as I like Michael Haneke, I'm not going to make a Haneke film. That's just not in my DNA..

I just hope that my films will survive me..

I've made 30-plus films over 20 years. And in my opinion, five of them are good..

Film has a tendency to be limiting in some way and it shouldn't be. It's a form that can be explored and changed..

We learned early on that we had chemistry and I was so grateful for that. It's like one of the few magical things about film that still exists..

Generally, I've never known quite how to fit in in civilian life, but on set, making a film, I know exactly where to go, how to behave and how I fit..

There is still so much that I want to see and do, but for me, it's the pure satisfaction of doing what you really want. I always had a problem doing ….

The only time I use women in films is when they're naked or dead..

What I learned from this movie, 40 Days and 40 Nights: Abstinence can be a very good thing. Especially from box offices where this film is playing..

Make DV movies so you can learn how to make films, but don't try to distribute them until they are fantastic..