Quotes

Broadband Internet access service is inherently an interstate service, and that is not a determination that just the FCC has made.

I'm not an IT expert myself.

I think it's dangerous to make a decision based on where one thinks the public may or may not be. Aside from the fact that that's not what the law prescribes, it's also, I think, not what reasoned decision-making is all about... You always try to look at the facts and apply the law faithfully.

Now look: I love Twitter. But let's not kid ourselves; when it comes to a free and open Internet, Twitter is a part of the problem. The company has a viewpoint and uses that viewpoint to discriminate.

To realize the promise of 5G, we will need smart networks, not dumb pipes. Dumb pipes won't deliver smart cities. Dumb pipes won't enable millions of connected, self-driving cars to navigate the roads safely at the same time.

The United States needs modern, flexible, light-touch network regulation, not a one-size-fits-all utility model from the 1930s.

Forty-six years after my parents' journey from India, here I am, the grandson of a spare auto parts salesman and a file clerk, tapped by the President of the United States to be the nation's chief communications regulator.

I am not in competition with anybody; I just want to be productive.

Aren't we all dreamers? It's only because man dreamt of flying that we are travelling in planes. Behind all inventions, we see the dreams of people.

When a fan buys a ticket for a cricket match or a movie, he is not worried about the colour, creed, or religion of the person sitting next to him. If you look at any actor's fan base in India, you will find that they are from different regions.

I have become a fatalist in life, so I don't try to set goals.

As a child, I always wanted to be a race car pilot.

I am in movies basically for the money, and frankly, I have a hard time believing those who say they act for the love of acting!

Success is like a wild horse. If you do not know how to handle it, it will throw you off and look for another rider who can handle it well.

I believe life is a gift, and I want to live it productively. I am not into this numbers game.

If you look at it closely, 'Mankatha' is a politically incorrect film. It explores the darker side of the human mind, and I think, while watching it, people are, in a sense, redeeming themselves of their own guilt.

Cinema is a great binding force for a nation.

I need a producer who will look for a good script. I need a director whose purpose to make a film is not for his survival but because he loves making films.

I like to work with people who want to make films because they are passionate about films and not because they want to sell films and make money. I am not for people who get the most saleable actor and then the most saleable director and sell the film.

I don't want the child in me to die. Fortunately, I'm lucky enough that my profession allows me to pursue my boyhood fantasies even as an adult.

'Villain' succeeded because we were genuinely working towards a good film. We worked hard and with a lot of conviction.

I don't work for the commercial success of the film. I work to satisfy my producers who give me the money. I work to satisfy the director who has written a script for me. Of course, I have to satisfy the actor in me, but I want to satisfy them first.

I am glad that mankind on the whole are dreamers.

Success is very intoxicating. It is very difficult to handle all the fame and adulation. It corrupts you. You start to believe that everybody around you is in awe of you, that everybody wants you, and that everybody is thinking of you all the time.

I think I have stopped being nervous about the outcome of a film. The five consecutive flops in 1997 and the five consecutive hits in 1999 have mellowed me in many ways.