Imtiaz Ali
Imtiaz Ali

I'm a big foodie. Hyderabadi cuisine is amazing, and the kind of mutton dishes available at some restaurants in the Old City is incredible.

Imtiaz Ali
Imtiaz Ali

Anything I wanted to do and achieve has not been influential in my life, but my failures have.

Imtiaz Ali
Imtiaz Ali

I enjoy looking beyond the obvious and look at the stories happening all around me - you kind of formulate things in your mind and get excited about them.

Imtiaz Ali
Imtiaz Ali

When you write a story, it just flows and you don't control it. It's subconscious.

Imtiaz Ali
Imtiaz Ali

I try to travel as much as I can... I'm always looking for a reason to.

Imtiaz Ali
Imtiaz Ali

Coming from a middle class background, travel was always considered a luxury then, even if it meant going to a relative's place or a religious shrine.

Imtiaz Ali
Imtiaz Ali

I come from a middle class background. I have travelled a lot by trains and have lived in the world. It is a world I cannot get away from; I would not even want to.

Imtiaz Ali
Imtiaz Ali

I am a keen observer of my own films; I also try to discover myself through the movies I make.

Imtiaz Ali
Imtiaz Ali

I think 'Rockstar' is more dear to me than any of my other films.

Imtiaz Ali
Imtiaz Ali

Especially on unexpected journeys, you have time; you can figure certain deeper things out, like who you are and what you want. That's why I enjoy journeys.

Imtiaz Ali
Imtiaz Ali

I was interested in theatre and media and came to Mumbai to get a job. I imagined that the film industry would be a white building with producers sitting in different rooms, and you could walk in and meet them, and they would interview you and select you.

Imtiaz Ali
Imtiaz Ali

My father did irrigation jobs, and I would sometimes accompany him, and that gave me a taste of what was going on in the innards of India.

Imtiaz Ali
Imtiaz Ali

I was called to audition for a play when I was very young, following which I continued to act as well as write and direct. When I moved to Delhi and joined Hindu College, theatre became a very big part of my life.

Imtiaz Ali
Imtiaz Ali

I want to direct what I feel is interesting - not what is supposed to be my zone.

Imtiaz Ali
Imtiaz Ali

All the conscious decisions that I have taken in my life have never borne fruit. Not even come close! So, I am just very happy not planning.

Imtiaz Ali
Imtiaz Ali

Dilip Kumar was the only Bollywood hero who could make a girl shiver just by looking at her. If you don't believe it, ask your mom!

Imtiaz Ali
Imtiaz Ali

I think I am a travel junkie, and I have never enjoyed anything else in my life more than travelling and going to places.

Imtiaz Ali
Imtiaz Ali

'Love Aaj Kal' is not really a road movie, but it does involve some travel.

Imtiaz Ali
Imtiaz Ali

I was complexed and awkward that I was good for nothing and was always lying. I would lie to my school friends that I was a stud in my colony and to my colony friends that I was a stud in the school cricket and football teams, though I was in no team.

Imtiaz Ali
Imtiaz Ali

I feel whatever an actor does on screen is something the actor 'does,' and what the director can do is to tell, talk or instruct. So, all the credit for an actor's performance goes to the actor alone.