With fame there is a crosswire between intensity and intimacy. You have decoy intimacy, but you are also very much alone.
Those who say that simple things don't matter should ask a lion how he feels when a fly enters a nostril.
No matter how tired I am, or whether I have injured my back or neck while shooting, I don't ever miss the gym.
I use a ball pen because fountain pens are clumsy, and I get ink all over my fingers by the time I finish with it.
I think they quite like me when I work because I'm one of the safer directors to back, because even if my films don't bring their costs in back home, once they're shown outside of India they manage to cover the costs.
I come prepared when I come to work. Not just knowing the lines, but I think I know something about what I do.