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There Are Three Huge, Titanic, Space Movies Which If You Ever Make A Film [about Space] You Cannot Avoid. You May Want To Avoid Them But You Cannot. I've Never Known A Genre Like It Where You Are Dictated To By These Films, 2001, Alien, And Tarkovsky's Solaris.

Once, A French Journalist Told Me That All My Films Are The Same. I Said, 'excuse Me? I Work Hard To Make Them Different.' What She Meant Was That In My Films There Is A Character That Faces Insurmountable Odds, And They Overcome Them. But I Thought That Might Be True, But You Need Certain Factors For Drama, And You Need To Overcome Them.

I Made This Film 'the Beach,' Which Didn't Take Place In A City, And It Didn't Really Suit Me.

The Extraordinary Thing About India Is That It's Such A Family Place. It's Full Of Families Everywhere.

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.