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" I just write characters, and somehow they happen to be a boy and a girl. When the story is put together, and their characters interwoven, they do end up together somehow. "

Imtiaz Ali

Girl

End

Boy

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Than

" Through travel, you discover a new aspect to your personality. You discover things which you wouldn't seated in the confines of your home. "

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" If a person wants to enjoy attention, he will create situations to get it. "

" I was called to audition for a play when I was very young, following which I continued to act as well as write and direct. When I moved to Delhi and joined Hindu College, theatre became a very big part of my life. "

" Expenditure can't really guarantee a great experience. I don't even like shopping; I've never bought stuff for myself, and everything I wear are gifts from my brothers, friends and people. "

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" The physical journey in my films is indicative of the internal journey that my characters take. "

" I'm a big foodie. Hyderabadi cuisine is amazing, and the kind of mutton dishes available at some restaurants in the Old City is incredible. "

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" I am a keen observer of my own films; I also try to discover myself through the movies I make. "

" I have always tried to make profitable films because people's offices shut down if films fail, and I will do everything to avoid that. "

" I'm not the 'look at me' kind of a person. I do not like showing off in public or written about. "

Imtiaz Ali

Look

Kind

" I enjoy scenes in films, which do not have the pressure of the story so much... and it flows. I've tried to go in that direction. "

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Story

Pressure

" Especially on unexpected journeys, you have time; you can figure certain deeper things out, like who you are and what you want. That's why I enjoy journeys. "

" When you write a story, it just flows and you don't control it. It's subconscious. "

" I come from a middle class background. I have travelled a lot by trains and have lived in the world. It is a world I cannot get away from; I would not even want to. "

" I was interested in theatre and media and came to Mumbai to get a job. I imagined that the film industry would be a white building with producers sitting in different rooms, and you could walk in and meet them, and they would interview you and select you. "

" I try to travel as much as I can... I'm always looking for a reason to. "

" I enjoy looking beyond the obvious and look at the stories happening all around me - you kind of formulate things in your mind and get excited about them. "

Imtiaz Ali

Mind

Looking

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Movies

Started

" I myself got married at a very young age. It has always intrigued me because marriage is very synthetic in an otherwise natural world. "

" I'm not educated about cinema or genres. "

" I think I am a travel junkie, and I have never enjoyed anything else in my life more than travelling and going to places. "

Imtiaz Ali

I Am

Travel

" I was complexed and awkward that I was good for nothing and was always lying. I would lie to my school friends that I was a stud in my colony and to my colony friends that I was a stud in the school cricket and football teams, though I was in no team. "