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My favorite movies are from the '70s.

Everyone has embraced the family-friendly Disney approach, which is great. I see all of those movies, and I take my kids. But I grew up on 'Predator,' 'Alien,' and 'Terminator.' People forget, but those were R-rated movies. So 'Deadpool' put its money where its mouth is, and it changed the game.

I think, for sure, 'Saturday Night Fever' and 'Pulp Fiction' were kind of bookends for - or the pillars of - my career.

I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.

I have been in a lot of movies, but none of them are critics' darlings, you might say.

I grew up in the seventies, and films for us were larger-than-life, masala entertainers.

My films have always been considered the benchmark in action. I have a big responsibility to shoulder.

Everything I do is gauged under the shadow of 'Dil Chahta Hai.' Even 'Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara' and 'Rock On,' which are very urban films. So I am always seen through that lens.

I'm the first to admit that I like going to, or my memories at least of going to Clint Eastwood movies or Charles Bronson or James Bond.

I love looking at the old Bond films. Maybe it's purely out of reminiscence, the nostalgic things you think about. But there were some very good films made, and I think that the public has enjoyed them, too.

I love the early films of Al Pacino - 'Scarface,' 'Serpico' - and I love many science-fiction films.

Somewhere along the way, the ability to make terrifying big budget films like 'The Exorcist' or 'The Shining' was lost, and I don't know if we'll ever get it back.

Films like 'Shaan,' 'Sholay,' 'Muqaddar Ka Sikander' and so many others... they've been a part of my growing up years.

My audiences love watching my films.

I've made 122 movies, and I daresay there's a picture of mine showing somewhere in the world every day.

I watch a ton of movies. Going way back, I like 'The Godfather.' 'The Matrix' was one of my favorites - the first one; they got a little carried away after the first one. Those are two that stand out.

I've got a varied taste in films. I love a good horror movie - the first few 'Saw' films for example - but I also like comedies.

I grew up watching Steven Spielberg and scary movies.

When I was a kid, I thought movie stars were women and men who were in these great films that we still look at now. But I don't think there are too many films coming out these days that we're going to look at in the future and say, 'This is one of the great ones.'

When I saw 'Shola Aur Shabnam' and 'Aankhen,' I did not anticipate that they would become such hits. They looked like B-plus projects.

Films are the largest and most impactful medium.

I think that most of the best movies made in America in the 20th century were crime dramas, screwball comedies and westerns.

I was a huge fan of monster movies.

I loved 'Star Wars' as a kid, but I missed out on the experiences of seeing them for the first time. It was before my time, and 'Lord of the Rings,' that trilogy felt like something similar to what 'Star Wars' was for previous generations.

More money has been lost trying to imitate 'Rocky' than 'Rocky' has made.