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I never feel any pressure about a film. What is meant to happen will happen. I have seen failure as well as success several times.

Life is bigger than cinema. Cinema is just a part of life, so I never take success or failure seriously.

There are so many factors that go into having a successful movie.. too many that you can't control.

Somewhere after you have few successful films, there is a fear of losing what you have got. It is very easy in the beginning, as you are a risk taker, have nothing to lose, and there is no perception about you.

If the film is a hit then everyone shares the success. If it is going to be a disaster then it might as well be because of me, not because of somebody else.

Failure worries me; nobody wants to fail. There is a fear that one day, films will not come my way, or if someone doesn't watch your film, that is a worrying point. It is unpredictable in the industry.

And as a filmmaker, I'm trying to unhook myself from this idea that unless you have a brilliant, long, enormously lucrative theatrical run, that your movie somehow failed. And I don't believe that.

When my films don't do well, I'm hurt and surprised. It's discouraging.

When a film is successful, you don't need to shout about it from the rooftops. I don't believe in going into overdrive. There's no desperation to be acknowledged as the reason for a film's success.

You have a big success, and it's still not easy to make a movie.