I think it's a beautiful thing how Hip Hop is received by the world.
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.
They like my books better in England than in France; a translation would be very successful there.
We're actually more popular in the U.K.; they really get us, and in Australia. In the non-English speaking countries, they don't really get it.
The way you set up for a sequel is by having a successful film. The focus is on making a successful film, and making a film that travels around the world, and that people enjoy and have fun with, and that people are able to escape with.
The Ice Storm, because of the movie, has had, or is to have, a vigorous life in other cultures.
The people were just so lovely and accommodating and had really interesting questions and it was just interesting to see how the show is actually received in so many different countries.
Being able to play all over the world to different audiences and have them sing my lyrics back to me, even if they can't speak the same language, is crazy.
Outside their country, Hungarian directors have had, from the critics at least, a friendly reception.
Still, American composers working in France have had a pretty hard time.
I probably get a bit more backlash in Australia than I do in America, to be honest. I was never invited to the Melbourne Comedy Festival because I was too gross, things like that. Which never happened in any other country.
We've already seen, in practically every country around the world where these issues have been covered, that the general public has recoiled at the ideology behind these programs.
One of the interesting things about having an international fanbase is that every single country has a different reaction to you and to the movie.
Miyazaki's films in Japan are bigger than Titanic. He's an incredible rock star there. In the US, they don't do as well.
I know it's TV, but at the same time you don't foresee that so many people all over the world are going to see it, and have an opinion on it.
