I put my heart into 'Vaaranam Ayiram.' I lost my father when I began the film, and the tragedy turned my entire script around.

I may have got a little carried away and many critics found fault with some aspects of the film, but as a coming of age film of a character, 'Vaaranam Ayiram' worked with the audience.

Even when 'Kaakha Kaakha' was released, there were people who gave it an average rating and said they couldn't figure out what was happening. Three days after its release, the producer called me and asked me to remove all of Jothika's scenes from the film. I told him; in that case, you can also remove my name from the director's slot.

If I know somebody's right about something I take it from them.

I do a film because at that particular moment, I want to make a film. It is my attempt at moving away from the ordinary.

I'm okay with suggestions but I want to do what I believe in, because I'm inspired by an idea.

I try to be a friend to my boys just the way my dad was with me. Subconsciously that reflects in my writing.

There are people who've told me cinema is a visual medium and you don't need to say so much. When I write the script, all these lines of what the characters are thinking are written. Once the film is shot and the lines are dubbed, I tone it down in postproduction if I feel it gets heavy.

I sneaked out of school to watch 'Nayakan.' I must have watched it at least 15 times at Anand theatre.

No matter how liberal or modern a family is, there will always be resistance when someone discloses that they are dating someone.

When I was approached to remake 'Vinnaithandi Varuvaaya,' I felt that it was a good way to reach out to a wider audience, every director wants that.

I know how irritating it is when a producer puts his hand in everything.

Though I have an idea about the climax, it always changes when we start shooting.

I am not a singer.

It is difficult, but I definitely do want to make a film in Malayalam at some point of my life.

Whatever the script demands, I do.

Back in the day, I was keen on working on a film with the superstars - Mammootty and Mohanlal. But they wanted me to make a film with them in Tamil.

I am a romantic at heart.

Minnale' was so earthy.

For a film like Vettaiyaadu Vilayaadu, I was particular that nothing should be revealed prior to release.

YVM' is a feel-good romance.

With Nani, what struck me was his confidence. It has been a revelation. Nani, the most confident actor and it is a pleasure to work with him. Will do a film with him anytime given a chance.

The Tamil audience is more receptive to unusual endings.

Nadunisi Naaigal' is new age Tamil cinema. I have tried to break the rules of regular cinema with this film.

I understand the angst of a filmmaker.

I love being white, and I think it's something to be very proud of. I don't want our culture diluted. We need to close the borders now and let everyone assimilate to a Western, white, English-speaking way of life.

I want violence. I want punching in the face. I'm disappointed in Trump supporters for not punching enough.

The Proud Boys are over race. We don't talk about - we talk about race if you want to talk about it, but we don't have any guilt. No guilt whatsoever. No cis male guilt, none of that stuff.

Sorry, equality is a myth. Women aren't as strong as men - they can't even hold their booze as well as men.

I'm a Western chauvinist. I'm all about the culture. Now, part of that is recognizing that white males seem to be the ones who made it and respecting that, but it doesn't mean you're not invited to the party.

Gay marriage was a trick: it's a tool to tell people to bake cakes. Laws are based on morality, so if it's illegal for a Catholic to refuse a ceremony, you are saying that Catholicism is immoral, and that was really the goal of gay marriage - discredit Christianity.

This isn't a racist, sexist, homophobic hellhole. It's the greatest country on earth. The West got this way with a whole lot of risk-taking, freedom, faith, families, and fatherhood. I'm not just going to sit by while the establishment media attacks those cornerstone values.

Women would rather go to their daughter's piano recital than stay all night at work, working on a proposal, because they're less ambitious.

I think a lot of accusations about me are inaccurate, but to call me a xenophobe is an accurate criticism.

I was an atheist most of my life, and now I am a God-fearing Catholic because of the miracle of life. And I'm pro-life.

Most women are happier at home! They're pretending that they like working, but they're not making money because they don't stay all night at the office. They don't go the extra mile.

Vincent Gallo once said Williamsburg was like a giant dorm room with no homework. He was right. And now you've got lawyers who just learned to snowboard moving here to be young again. Anyone who tells you they'd rather live here is lying or stupid - or both.

Dead white guys built this country. Show some gratitude and show some reverence. But as far as slavery, yeah. It's part of history. And you know what? It's something we should be proud of. Because we ended it.

I've made my views on Indians very clear. I like them.

I'm against immigration.

Violence doesn't feel good. Justified violence feels great. And fighting solves everything.

'No means no' is puritanism.

Facebook, Google, YouTube, even Snapchat are clamping down on conservatives. It's the DNC and Big Tech colluding. That is the government colluding with big business. That is not America, that's not the West - that is Communism, and it's morally wrong.

I'm becoming anti-Semitic.

To be clear, all white nationalists/anti-Semites are banned from Proud Boys even if they never bring up said topics.

If you were really a feminist, you'd support housewives. You'd see them as the heroes and women who work as just wasting their time!

Chauvinist doesn't mean sexist. Chauvinist means extremely patriotic.

It's seen as xenophobic to be worried about Islam, but they appear to disproportionately allow intolerance to blossom in their communities.

Women are forced to pretend to be men. They're feigning this toughness. They're miserable. Study after study has shown that feminism has made women less happy. They're not happy in the work force, for the most part.

Chadwick Moore is a wonderful gay. So is Milo Yiannopoulous, but he appears to be a closeted gay, and my experience with them is that they tend to be sociopaths.