Zoya Akhtar

I'm obsessed with people, I'm obsessed with human behavior. I just watch people.

— Zoya Akhtar

I don't know what will come my way but I will continue to tell stories that excite me. I feel human beings…

— Zoya Akhtar

As far as the theatrical experience is concerned, I will be highly disappointed if that goes away. I have grown up watching…

— Zoya Akhtar

When it comes to writing characters, whether men or women, I think a good writer writes good characters. I know many men…

— Zoya Akhtar

The biggest piece is my family... From watching films like The Godfather on our dining room wall, to having a great relationship…

— Zoya Akhtar

Who will you replace Dibakar Banerjee with? There isn't another one.

— Zoya Akhtar

I had an experience which I could not explain to myself and to others while I was on my way back from…

— Zoya Akhtar

I have friends and experience from everywhere; I've worked in all kinds of locations and situations and in all kinds of job…

— Zoya Akhtar

I was an executive producer. I've done a lot of jobs and I think each one helps you get closer to what…

— Zoya Akhtar

In 'Gully Boy', of course, Ranveer Singh's performance has largely decided what the songs will look and feel like.

— Zoya Akhtar

You realize you have to become aware of your inner monologue. The things you say to yourself. This raised my consciousness so…

— Zoya Akhtar

We need to develop artists who are not just scoring films. I'm hoping 'Gully Boy' can help with that.

— Zoya Akhtar

At the end of my life, I want to have a body of work that has everything.

— Zoya Akhtar

I want to make a period film, I want to make a film set in another country. I want to make a…

— Zoya Akhtar

I have a phobia. I have a serious phobia of rodents. I don't even like white mice, hamsters.

— Zoya Akhtar

See I think we are nervous about every movie before it's release, irrespective of who has directed the movie.

— Zoya Akhtar

We are absolutely open to working with outside directors. But the criteria for working with outside directors would be the script they…

— Zoya Akhtar

But disco is the remedy for ghosts.

— Zoya Akhtar

When you colonise someone's dream, that's the worst thing you can do.

— Zoya Akhtar

I think there is nothing more important in forming a human being than your family. It is how you have been brought…

— Zoya Akhtar

As film makers or any artiste that put work out there, what you are doing on your level is that you are…

— Zoya Akhtar

Some of my characters are drawn from people I know whereas others are an amalgamation of people or one specific person. Sometimes…

— Zoya Akhtar

Every time we have a woman on-screen, we can empower her in a different way rather than just giving a speech on…

— Zoya Akhtar

As a filmmaker when you show your film to anybody, you want it to be liked. You want the reviews to be…

— Zoya Akhtar

Don't try to be anyone else because that's been done before. Find yourself and what makes you tick.

— Zoya Akhtar