“For me, what is important is to bring the inner life of these characte...” — Sarita Choudhury Quote

For me, what is important is to bring the inner life of these characters - their strengths, contradictions, anguish and triumph - alive.

The conventional Indian movie industry is not for me: I cannot dance around trees or the water-fountain.

I love Bollywood films, but I have been trained in independent cinema.

If I am playing a historical character, I try to watch the person in newsreels and read about them, but I will not imitate them.

I know I create major reactions in people.

Showing what it feels like and the emotional journey of trying to appeal to the humanity of someone who's also trapped in the system, who if they feel like they tap too much into their humanity, then they're going to lose their job. It is anguish, it is a tragedy.

Whether you're Godard or Almodovar or Scorsese, it's text, text, text. Everything begins with the text, and this is a source of great anguish to me. So please let cinema get on with doing what it does best, which is expressing ideas in visual terms.

The anguish in London is a vivid reminder of why we cannot relent in taking the steps necessary to defend our homeland from the present terrorist threat.

The big problem with songwriting for me is starting a new song. It's the thing where all the anguish exists, not in the writing of the song, but the starting of the new song.