I hate Sridevi. I hate her for making me realise that she, too, is finally only just a human being. I hate that her heart, too, has to beat to live.
My favourite virtue is not having any.
I have a habit of constantly dreaming and waking up every once in a while in the night to check out my cell phone, and I suddenly saw a message that Sridevi is no more... I thought that either it's a nightmare or a hoax, and I went back to sleep.
'Not A Love Story' is inspired by true events, but it is not based on those events completely. When I first read about the Maria Susairaj case, I was fascinated with the psychological aspects, that two seemingly very ordinary people can go completely berserk.
Any film I make, my intention is always to make people like it.
Basically, I am an anti-social person.
All my movies are copies of Hollywood, some of them pretty trashy copies. All filmmakers copy from Hollywood.
I understand emotions more than anyone else. I study emotions like a biologist studies various species.
To see Sridevi making tea in Boney Kapoor's kitchen was a huge letdown. I won't forgive him because he brought the angel down from heaven to the kitchen of his apartment.
I wrote 'Kshana Kshanam' with the one and only purpose of impressing Sridevi. 'Kshana Kshanam' was my love letter to her.
I always had a fair share of hits and flops.
Everyone knows about Amitabh Bachchan being a legendary actor, and I had this sense of arrogance that I can make him do what I want. But what he did on locations completely blew me away. I realised that I understand the quality of performances even more after seeing him perform.
I never think of a film after I finish it.
The point is that a filmmaker is like a journalist in projecting reality in the true sense of the word. Only thing is he dramatically packages it to make more effect.
The whole idea of making 'James' was to make an action film in the style of the 1970s and '80s.
Maybe 'Bhoot' wasn't scary for me because I made it.
The problem is I don't have respect for the films I make after I've made them. I detach myself and get embarrassed when I watch them later.
Any film, whether it worked at the box office or not, I'll have my favourite moments from it.
Let me put it this way: if 'The Godfather' hadn't been made, 'Sarkaar' wouldn't have been made. That is the truth.
In the business of entertainment, either I am able to create an effect that impresses people or not.
