Today, it is a reality.

The real world is harsh.

I am an absolute atheist.

I love working with newcomers.

I have great reverence for women.

I love to inspire and get inspired.

Cinema is not part of my entertainment.

I was a dreamer, and thank God for that!

I am a people's person. I consume people.

You can't repeat the success of any movie.

I don't give a tinker's damn for posterity.

Without a good story, a franchise won't work.

Our Industry has been bitten by the 100 crore club

Human beings are free to worship anyone or anything.

I am not a person who believes in austerity or denial.

The world is not a static place. People change, evolve.

I would rather be stupid than pretend to be intelligent.

It would be a tragedy for democracy if dissent goes away.

I have made more good films than anyone else in the country.

Life continues, irrespective of whether we are there or not.

India will not function if you do not believe in unity in diversity.

The Congress may have made mistakes, but their ideology is not wrong.

No power on earth can ever get me back to directing a commercial film.

The narratives in which you're born have a fierce pattern of repetition.

People love miracles; they love stories which break through adversities.

Modi talks about Congress Mukt Bharat. I feel this is a fascist ideology.

I can be unhappy with the Congress, but I cannot give up on its ideology.

I do not want myself to be restricted to a pigeonholed kind of filmmaker.

'Zakhm' has no political agenda. But, it certainly says things as they are.

Men like Sunil Dutt should not be mourned, only envied for their greatness.

Life experiences cannot be learnt on the film set or in front of the camera.

I'm not a stranger to the persecution that Muslims have faced over the years.

'Dhoka,' I think, is not just meant for Pakistan and India but for South Asia.

I am what this country dreams of achieving: a perfect example of composite India.

My teacher once told me – ”No one is perfect……..that is why pencils have erasers.”

India was going though a difficult time in 1997. We had revolving door governments.

Cinema now can't be just about introspection and atma manthan; such topics won't work.

The film industry not only in India but also Hollywood is insular. It's inward-looking.

Films have to appeal to youngsters - it has to have tamasha, drama, and sensationalism.

I feel it is the believers who are most dangerous for the secular framework of a nation.

The whole idea of 'One size fits all' is not going to work in India with a billion people.

I used to sleep with a little Ganesha under my pillow as a child; he was my favourite deity.

I have no worthwhile memories of my father, therefore no idea of what a father's role should be.

If you can't put problems in your own backyard to rest, then how can you deal with larger issues?

A true artist is one who, even after doing a lot, he reminds himself that he hasn't done anything.

I have only an appetite for masochistic truth, and only box-office collection figures interest me.

Campaigning for Congress is an issue of conviction, and there is no element of any personal gain in it.

My life screams out and says one thing: 'indulgence.' I am a person who would never deny myself anything.

I don't think the choice of launching Sunny Leone as an actor in Hindi cinema was that radical a decision.

Rahul Roy is delusional. He wants 'Aashiqui' to end with him. When it didn't end with me, how can it end with him?

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