I enjoy making all kinds of films. I love action films, war films, period films, adventure films.

I have only one simple ambition when I make a film. That it should be the best I have made so far. With 'Kadal' it was no different.

Sometimes casting falls in place easily and sometimes it takes a while. Fifty per cent of my job is done when I get the right actors.

My job as a director is to communicate, and I want to communicate to all.

When I forget who I am, I remind myself by finding my stride. I remember that I am strong, free, and loved, and that with God's help I can weather whatever comes.

My grandparents used to pray five times a day, but they were quiet about their own thing. Completely liberal day by day; my grandmother was a social worker and my grandfather was an engineer, but they never talked about religion. My entire life I couldn't remember one conversation I had with them about religion.

What we, as African Americans, stood on was our faith.

You can't ignore the reality that faith and family, those two things are integral parts of having limited government, lower taxes, and free societies.