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"We have gotten some terrible reviews at times but if we depended on the judgment of the studios or critics, we never would have made more than one movie."
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"I couldn't quite understand how an ordinary man's good qualities could become crushing accusations against a guilty man."

"I think that I am too warm to negatively judge individuals, yet I am cold enough to negatively judge humanity."

"When hatred judges, the verdict is just guilty."

"It may not be fair that people make judgments so quickly, usually within a few seconds of observation, but it's unrealistic to expect that they won't. So, if you want to be judged in a certain manner, be sure that your look and demeanor give that impression."

"Sometimes stupid is crime enough."

"There is no need, in order to explain three-quarters of the opinions held about people, to go so far as a love that has been spurned or an exclusion from political power. Our judgment remains unsure: an invitation refused or received determines it."
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"A few words of Hindi appear here or there, but it's all Urdu. I feel that if the popular culture, which is what Hindi films are, uses Urdu, it's not going to diminish."


"Well, I am from India and I wanted to make films in English for the international market in India. So that was really the main thing, and then of course economically it was cheaper to make films in India."


"Well, the musicals give emphasis to love, longing, melancholy, sadness. All of that is always there."


"I feel very proud that we have managed to stay together. In these forty years we have made forty-six films. Each one has brought a certain name and contribution to cinema."


"It's about a father and daughter and the daughter's friend and her relationship with her current husband."


"This is one of his most human and most amusing and witty novels. The characters are very Indian. I decided that I wanted to do a comedy, so this was just the right one."


"Urdu can not die out because it has very strong roots in Persia. The language itself is not only just the language of the Muslims, but it's also the language of the Hindus."


"It's about a young man who has climbed to fame and he discovers that his writing and the relationship with his wife are really more important for him than anything else."


"The mixture of the Trinidadian people and the Indian people has caused a new culture to emerge."


"We have gotten some terrible reviews at times but if we depended on the judgment of the studios or critics, we never would have made more than one movie."
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