'English Vinglish' is simple; that's why people like it. The film has simplicity and sensitivity. There is no melodrama. Some things have been conveyed just through expressions and no lines.
When I do an interview, when I appear on camera, I want to be the same person as the one you meet personally and say, 'He is really the same person I saw on television.'
What's great about good writing is that it feels like life, so it's not hard to relate to her circumstances.
I'm always amazed at how records can make you feel like somebody else understands you.
I think Usher is a bonafide superstar because he's very honest in his songs, and people can relate to that, especially in the feelings and textures of his voice. He is one of the best.
That's why people love Spider-Man: he's the most grounded, relatable of superheroes.
If you wanna do a film where you have a big scope, you've got to make your characters relatable and genuine.
The story of John Nash is an amazing, powerful journey. But as unique as this man is, his story is also very accessible because it is so heartbreakingly human.
I think... I'm perceived as an everyperson. There is no pedestal. I'm no different from anybody else.
Coming back to Flint and seeing my family keeps me humble. Even though I've been on a worldwide stage, I can still communicate with them on a hood level, if that's what you want to call it.
You Too? I thought I was the only one.
The best movies are rooted in reality.
I feel like I'm an actor that likes to have lots of points of connection.
I find beauty in melancholy.
DDP was the common guy, the everyman, a blue-collar guy from New Jersey. He represented something that the average person could believe in, in a way that was a little unique.
There's moments I go through day to day because I'm human. I think the diversity in my music is going to help people relate to that.
I do try to speak of positive things. I still try to, like, present two sides of the story, and I do try to relate to life in a 360 degree and not be one-dimensional. But by all means, manage expectations.
If I can show people how vulnerable and how flawed I am, maybe others will relate.
I like someone who's suffered from both sides.
I'm an easy champion to understand.
The very things that I would love about Barack and that you would love about Barack is that he is one of us. He's a normal guy. He's not a political animal.
I think people identify with Columbo because he is an average man.
In comedy, it's not the glamorous, beautiful people that are great at comedy. They're either every man or every woman, they're either quite tall and lanky or shorter and fatter or have a big nose. They have something physically about them that makes them into a comic stereotype.
Following instructions is overrated.
I like to write songs that people can identify with and sing along to.
