The climax of 'Johny Mera Naa,' it's one of the best climaxes ever written, ever directed. If I ever wanted to remake a movie, I'd try to do this one, just for the climax.

I have fully retired as a choreographer. I do not have the patience now to make actors learn their steps. For me, that ship has sailed. I have enjoyed 22 years of it.

I'd taken 'Om Shanti Om' to Japan and they loved it because they just love the not holding back of emotions.

When I see a lot of the big Hollywood movies, I see they are all financed by Indian studios.

I always say that cinema reflects life, not the other way round.

For me feminism is equality.

Before I had my babies, I would tend to be self-absorbed, and worry about little things, but now I am a changed person.

IVF is a wonderful thing. One has to ignore the injections as the reality is that nobody is going to invent a pill that you can take to get a baby.

God bless IVF because it's never too late to conceive any more. However, having said that, I have to point out that going through IVF is a gruelling procedure; maybe that's why only a woman can go through it!

Giving birth to triplets at the age of forty-three is no walk in the park, but I had little choice. I got married at the young age of forty, and both my husband, Shirish, and I were keen to start a family soon.

Somewhere my dad gave up. He was really so successful at his level that after a point he could not handle failure.

I had to let go of many things because we did not have much money growing up. Like joining the Film Institute in Pune or learning the piano.

I was chosen over British and French choreographers to work on 'Bombay Dreams.'

The idea of directing my own movie is definitely more challenging than choreography.

I'm not promiscuous by nature.

The stars that I've worked with started their careers almost at the same time as me. Whether it is Shah Rukh Khan or Aamir Khan or Salman Khan.

Professionally, I like doing one thing at a time and enjoy directing the most.

Cinema, art and culture should definitely be shared. These things transcend borders.

I never thought 'Mein Hoon Na' will do so well in Pakistan. Whenever I meet Pakistanis in London or the U.S., they have so much love and affection for me because of 'Mein Hoon Na,' which was my most criticised film in India.

I always say a film should be given breathing space.

I make commercial films only. I don't make small, boring films.

It is an extremely difficult task to make an entertaining movie, which is completely aesthetic and you can watch again and again.

I make aesthetic movies which are grand and with some of the biggest stars. It's not fair to run them down. I don't make tacky films.

In 'Purab Aur Paschim,' there's one of the nicer patriotic scenes which is patriotic without going jingoistic. There's a scene set in a rotating restaurant, where Pran, who has left India, is completely running India down and Manoj Kumar is taking up for India. And there's that song 'Jab Zero Diya.'