Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.

When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you’ll be successful.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, “Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.

The activity you’re most avoiding contains your biggest opportunity.

The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried.

A year from now you may wish you had started today.

The first step to getting anywhere is deciding you’re no longer willing to stay where you are.

Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.

I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.

Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard.

If people are not laughing at your goals, your goals are too small.

I am glad that we can make bold films, different films within the commercial market and still do well.

What I feel is great acting might be rubbish for another filmmaker. There is no right or wrong way to do it. It all boils down to the trust between an actor and a director.

I work with actors who fit the bill. I have worked with Abhishek in 'Yuva,' 'Guru' and 'Raavan' because he was the perfect choice.

Bilingual films come with a certain inbuilt practical problem with respect to the setting of the story and the dialect.

I am a big fan of sleek action films.

Before the release of any film, I feel like a beginner.

Unfortunately scripts don't chase me. I chase them. I struggle, battle, discard, pick it back, struggle further, plead with it, curse it, cajole and try to be clever. But it is invariably the script that rules.

When it comes to casting for movies, it is a priority that you cast right. The guiding principle must be what is right for the movie, that is the basis you cast someone, not because so-and-so is a friend.