Farah Khan

“'Main Hoon Na' will always be special since it was my first film but in my subsequent films, I was trying to show off with gimmicks that didn't aid the narrative in any way.”

“For the audience, actors carry out specific roles of men and women through the character that they play out on screen. The director on the other hand is not doing a gender-specific job. So, it is irrelevant if the person who makes a particular film is a man or a woman.”

“I like to entertain all kinds of audiences with my films.”

“The best moment in 'Masoom' comes when the boy tells him that he knows he's his father.”

“Since 'Main Hoon Na' is a cult film, if I want to make a sequel, the story has to be good!”

“Luckily, filmmaking is not a nine-to-five job.”

“I would love to make a sarcastic film; I am so sarcastic that even my kids are now getting used to my sarcasm. You see it a lot in British comedy because that's their sense of humour.”

“Shirin Farhad' is a romantic tale of an unmarried couple who feel they can live together forever. Having crossed the marriageable age, what happens to them forms the crux of the story. The movie has several comic sequences with an emotional touch to it.”

“I don't care for jewellery and fancy clothes.”

“You get paid what you deserve, according to the money that your movie generates. I get much more than a lot of male directors and I also get less than some. But I get paid what I deserve and what I ask for.”

“You can only make the film that's in you.”

“For me feminism is equality.”

“I never thought 'Mein Hoon Na' will do so well in Pakistan. Whenever I meet Pakistanis in London or the U.S., they have so much love and affection for me because of 'Mein Hoon Na,' which was my most criticised film in India.”

“I had to let go of many things because we did not have much money growing up. Like joining the Film Institute in Pune or learning the piano.”

“I am not an actress.”

“One of my favourite scenes ever is in Mr India - when the kids are hungry and Sridevi comes with the pastries etc, and they become friends. It's impossible not to get teary-eyed.”

“Parenting three children at the same time has helped me grow as a filmmaker. It taught me to be more empathetic and understand what people want from me.”

“Before I had my babies, I would tend to be self-absorbed, and worry about little things, but now I am a changed person.”

“I always say a film should be given breathing space.”

“I have to be someone; maybe I'm just doing it for my father. When I made a movie, it had to be a hit because when he died, he was a flop director.”