I Grew Up In A Small Town

Never Treat Anything You Do As A Stepping Stone. Do It Fully, And Follow It Completely.

I Look For The Humanity In People, However Big The Politics Or Oppressive The Situation May Be, Whether It's Subsumed Within A Human Being Or Between Two Human Beings. I Want To Help Us Hold A Mirror To Ourselves.

It Gave Me A Lot Of Pleasure And Pride That 90 Percent Of The Crew For 'monsoon Wedding,' And Most Of My Film, Are Women. We Get The Work Done, You Know, Much Lesser Play Of Ego... And I Really Believe In Harmony, I Believe In Working In A Spirit Of Egolessness And That The Film Is Bigger Than All Of Us.

Creative Freedom Is An Imperative For Me, But It Doesn't Really Exist In A Hollywood Game.

Americans Are Not Used To Being Bombed In Their Beds, But If You Come From Anywhere Outside America, It's Not Highly Unusual.