Anurag Kashyap

One must go for a film with an open mind; a film best impacts you when your mind is a blank page to the film. ”

To get noticed, I had to take my films in a space which was much more democratic in terms of cinema - the international film festivals. ”

Indian films have this obsession with hygienic clean spaces, even though the country's not so clean. They're either shot in the studios or shot in London, in America, in Switzerland - clean places. Everywhere except India. ”

I love Back Stage. I have lots of theater friends and actors who depend on Back Stage. ”

I was 16 when I got admission in Hans Raj College. I completed school when I was 16, so everyone in my class - Zoology Honours batch 92 - was 18, and I was often treated like a kid. ”

I think the perspective that small-town directors bring to films is very different. ”

I think I had more freedom when I began making films. I did not know what could not be done. I was naive. I did what I wanted to. As you gain awareness, you start losing freedom. ”

I am a straight talker. I am not politically correct or diplomatic. ”

It is an entirely selfish decision to turn producer because I want my kind of cinema to last and flourish, and helping young filmmakers make those kind of films is the best way to do it. ”

Entertainment's definition has been reduced to making people happy. ”