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Ideally, I want my films to work because I want the people who have invested their money to get back their investment and make profits too. ”
One is made by all the things around one. There are many things that have made one. For a writer to go around looking for things that have made him is asking for trouble. It's like giving a character to yourself. Can't do it. Can't do it. These things are just there. Is that enough? ”
When somebody says that six million people died in the Holocaust, there is nobody in the world who can understand that. It's only through story, reading books by Elie Wiesel or Primo Levi, that you really begin to understand the trauma and how horrible it actually was. ”
D.C. is in my blood, my diction, my sensibility and style. I am, though, in love with a city that cannot fully love me back. ”
I have seen that our best presidents were the do-nothing presidents: Millard Fillmore, Warren G. Harding. When you have a president who does things, we are all in serious trouble. If he does anything at all, if he gets up at night to go the bathroom, somehow, mystically, trouble will ensue. ”
Marketing is more important than it has ever been. But I'm trying to tear the layers back and make it not so contrived. I think people just want entertainment. ”
But if I keep my core and back strong, the scoliosis doesn't really bother me. ”
I feel very fortunate to have made my debut with Sunny Deol. I'm aware of his stardom, his popularity, and his reach. I'm sure that teaming up with him has made people sit back and notice me. ”
This old notion that work is drudgery is nonsense. Most days, even back when Xerox was under siege, I could not wait to get to the office. ”
I come from a background where we have been taught to give back to the society, as it is an obligation for all of us. ”