Western films don’t do very well in India.
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I understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.
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Ultimately, you have to pursue your own path, not someone’s idea of the right path. You need to stay on your path.
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You really think that on my films people tell me what to do? I don’t think so. On my films I decide.
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In the ’60s not everybody was wearing flowers in their hair and flowing caftans.
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I don’t have fights with actors. In absolute honesty, I’ve never fought with any actor ever.
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I mean the future has become old fashioned.
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So, what is creative freedom? We can make what we want, how we want. The only constraint is: not for any budget.
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Opera was the cinema of its time, so to bring back that popular appeal, you just need to unleash its visceral immediacy and excitement. Most productions don’t manage that – but when an opera does do it, you never forget it.
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Hurt him. Hurt him and save him
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Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth.
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I wouldn’t take a directing job if I didn’t think it was enriching life.
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The food in Sydney is an Asian Pacific cuisine. It’s eclectic but above all it’s fresh, inventive and creative and that’s what I love about it.
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I feel like a member of any group comprised of outsiders.
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In terms of the mechanics of story, myth is an intriguing one because we didn’t make myth up; myth is an imprinture of the human condition.
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To be honest, there is a tourists’ trail; my family had a farm and a gas station, and you can go and see my birthplace, though where I lived is actually under a freeway now.
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