I'm A Big Sports Fan. Football. Cricket.

If You Take A Loud Pride In Anything, People Will Rightly Shoot You Down.

I Always Felt It Is Not Good If You Feel Like You Would Know How To Do Something. I've Made Mistakes Of Telling People: I Know How To Do This. And It Should Feel Dangerous. That Is The Only Way To Stay Alert, To Keep The Adrenaline Running.

To Force Yourself Out Of The Comfort Zone, The Main Ingredient Is Trying To Work In A World Where You Haven't Been Before, That You Don't Know The Rules Of. And That Involves A Lot Of Research, So You Begin To See Where The Other People Have Been, But You Are Starting From As Vulnerable And As Low A Point As Possible.

I Want People To Leave The Cinema Feeling That Something's Been Confirmed For Them About Life.

I Always Wanted To Make This Film Or Another Film. I Thought The Worst Thing You Could Do Was To React To Slumdog's Success In Some Way. I Thought It Would Be Really Foolish.