Movie Quotes

I never told my father I loved him before he died, and I have a lot of issues about that. They’re all swimming around in my head, in my heart, unresolved, and in a way it felt fitting to dedicate the film to him.

In America there’s no way I can make the kind of movie I like to make.

I’d like to act in Punjabi films and do some great roles instead of just dance sequences.

I prefer to remake flops. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was a remake of a flop, and The Quiet American is a remake of a flop.

All I’ve ever ended up with in terms of achievements is the movie, some really stupid anecdotes, a bunch of crosswords that I didn’t finish and maybe some old bicycle that I found lying around on set.

Now, all the movies are for teenagers. It’s very difficult for an actress to find really deep, beautiful characters to play.

I write movies about mavericks, about people who break rules, and I don’t like movies about people who are pulverised for being mavericks.

It’s better to focus on one film rather than take up two or three films at the same time.

My friends are always honest with me about films. But I really wanted to talk to regular people and kind of have a forum to interact with them; not just about films, but about everything.

I got into film-making because I was interested in making entertaining movies, which I felt there was a lack of.