I look for the humanity in people however big the politics or oppressive the situation may be whether it's subsumed within a human being or between two human beings. I want to help us hold a mirror to ourselves.
It gave me a lot of pleasure and pride that 90 percent of the crew for...
My family is almost exactly like the one in 'Monsoon Wedding'. We are very...
With Vietnam the Iraq War so many American films about war are almost...
In America we have so many movies and so much media about the Islamic world...
I often begin movies with music in my head it's a very important dimension to...
Marriage of attraction is a gamble anyway so you might as well marry into a...
I think films have to reach people and really grab them. That's what I hope...
You know the sad thing of post-9/11 which was of course horrific was that...
We have three generations at home including my father-in-law. I keep a very...
New York City is home to so many people from so many places and the...
The only politics in this country that's relevant to black people today is...
On the mountains mistakes are fatal. In politics mistakes are wounding...
The difference between the men and the boys in politics is and always has...
We mistake politics for legislative debate. You can be passionate without...
First take the government of the Indians out of politics second let the...
Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I don't know what that...
I call it people-to-people politics and that's what politics should be about...
Most people get their politics obviously from TV shows about senators or...
This idea that a book can either be about character and feeling or about...
There is this concept of politics as a dirty game. It's a difficult game but...