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> [ Through this experience \[of makimg movies\], I recognized what an extraordinary set of personality traits it takes to be able to succeed in that world, and I was really drawn to the character work we could build with actors as… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meera-menon/through-this-experience-of-makimg-movies-i-recognized-what-an/)

[Meera Menon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meera-menon/)

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## More by Meera Menon

> [I always knew I wanted to make films, but just didn't quite know how to start. I was making little short films with my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meera-menon/i-always-knew-i-wanted-to-make-films-but-just-didn-t-quite-know-how/)

[Meera Menon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meera-menon/)

> [You don't necessarily need to go to film school to learn that part of it. But what I valued was that it gives you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meera-menon/you-don-t-necessarily-need-to-go-to-film-school-to-learn-that-part-of/)

[Meera Menon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meera-menon/)

> [It is my sense of exclusion from representation that made me want to be a part of figuring out if we could make a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meera-menon/it-is-my-sense-of-exclusion-from-representation-that-made-me-want-to/)

[Meera Menon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meera-menon/)

> [When I was in film school at USC, I wrote my thesis script about a woman on Wall Street - specifically a woman who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meera-menon/when-i-was-in-film-school-at-usc-i-wrote-my-thesis-script-about-a/)

[Meera Menon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meera-menon/)

> [When I was a teenager, I thought I wanted to be an actor. I worked on an Indian soap opera that was my first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meera-menon/when-i-was-a-teenager-i-thought-i-wanted-to-be-an-actor-i-worked-on/)

[Meera Menon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meera-menon/)

> [I spent a year and a half working for an art fair. I worked as a post-production assistant for a documentary film company for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meera-menon/i-spent-a-year-and-a-half-working-for-an-art-fair-i-worked-as-a-post/)

[Meera Menon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meera-menon/)

> [ I think it was the same thing that really makes the premise of this film \[Women of Wall Street\] compelling: the idea of a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meera-menon/i-think-it-was-the-same-thing-that-really-makes-the-premise-of-this/)

[Meera Menon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meera-menon/)

> [ I'd like them \[people\] to leave thinking about the challenges women face in the workforce, but more importantly to really feel the emotional highs… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meera-menon/i-d-like-them-people-to-leave-thinking-about-the-challenges-women/)

[Meera Menon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meera-menon/)

> [My dad is an engineer by trade but worked a lot with the people in the Indian film industry when I was growing up.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meera-menon/my-dad-is-an-engineer-by-trade-but-worked-a-lot-with-the-people-in/)

[Meera Menon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meera-menon/)

> [ I applied \[to film school\] figuring, "I need to find some structure for myself. I need to find a way to figure out what… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meera-menon/i-applied-to-film-school-figuring-i-need-to-find-some-structure-for/)

[Meera Menon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meera-menon/)

> [Find other women to make movies with that have a shared bottom line. I did that with my first film and found an incredible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meera-menon/find-other-women-to-make-movies-with-that-have-a-shared-bottom-line-i/)

[Meera Menon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meera-menon/)

> [When I got into film school, it really formed a sense of who I am and my sense of feeling like an outsider. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meera-menon/when-i-got-into-film-school-it-really-formed-a-sense-of-who-i-am-and/)

[Meera Menon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meera-menon/)

> [Creating a portrait of a female point of view in an environment that we've pretty much exclusively understood through a male perspective - "Wall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meera-menon/creating-a-portrait-of-a-female-point-of-view-in-an-environment-that/)

[Meera Menon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meera-menon/)

> [ Through this experience \[of makimg movies\], I recognized what an extraordinary set of personality traits it takes to be able to succeed in that… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meera-menon/through-this-experience-of-makimg-movies-i-recognized-what-an/)

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