Hollywood is still the mecca for good or bad, but it isn't the beginning or end for filmmaking.
Everyone thinks L.A. is the beach. And actually, Hollywood is really far from the beach.
Los Angeles is much like Mumbai, the film industry rules the city over most other professions, so it feels like home.
I think everyone has the impression that L.A. is Hollywood and fast lives. That couldn't be further from the truth.
I find L.A. kind of romantic, actually. As a movie junkie, it's a city that was built by the movies. There's something really weird and surreal about it that I find energizing.
The mecca of filmmaking in the world just so happens to be in America. It's quite simply a case of us just going where the work is.
I was obsessed with Hollywood from the time I was a kid. I always knew I wanted to live in Los Angeles.
Even when I'm alone, my life revolves around film. I think that's why I live in New York, not L.A., where it's so concentrated.
L.A. is, on one hand, very mysterious; it's very modern. It's a mysterious place - it's a haunting place - and everything in our culture around the world of entertainment leads back to Hollywood.
