--- title: "1 Film Real Quotes By Mira Nair" description: "1 Film Real quotes by Mira Nair. Plus more from Mira Nair and more Film Real sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c6/mira-nair-8463_about_what-s-nice-about-what-we-have-is-when-y_1813632.jpg" --- > [What's nice about what we have is when you enter the set, the world of film, it becomes this real cocoon, very different from all the publicity. That's the fun part.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mira-nair/what-s-nice-about-what-we-have-is-when-you-enter-the-set-the-world-of/) [Mira Nair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mira-nair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c6/mira-nair-8463_about_what-s-nice-about-what-we-have-is-when-y_1813632.jpg) ## More by Mira Nair > [To make films, you have to have something to say. To have something to say, you have to be a student of life. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mira-nair/to-make-films-you-have-to-have-something-to-say-to-have-something-to/) [Mira Nair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mira-nair/) > [My family is vital to me - just the sense of being surrounded by no pretension.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mira-nair/my-family-is-vital-to-me-just-the-sense-of-being-surrounded-by-no/) [Mira Nair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mira-nair/) > [I am Indian, and my home is Kampala. My world is already diverse. But films are financed by those who want to see themselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mira-nair/i-am-indian-and-my-home-is-kampala-my-world-is-already-diverse-but/) [Mira Nair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mira-nair/) > [Making films is about having absolute and foolish confidence; the challenge for all of us is to have the heart of a poet and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mira-nair/making-films-is-about-having-absolute-and-foolish-confidence-the/) [Mira Nair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mira-nair/) > [I grew up thinking anything was possible simply because of seeing women in power - like, you know, running the country. Which is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mira-nair/i-grew-up-thinking-anything-was-possible-simply-because-of-seeing/) [Mira Nair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mira-nair/) > [I've loved 'Vanity Fair' since I was 16 years old. You know, we're all colonial hangovers in India, steeped in English literature. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mira-nair/i-ve-loved-vanity-fair-since-i-was-16-years-old-you-know-we-re-all/) [Mira Nair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mira-nair/) > [My films, no one else will do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mira-nair/my-films-no-one-else-will-do/) [Mira Nair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mira-nair/) > [I am an independent film-maker first and foremost. I have always cut my own cloth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mira-nair/i-am-an-independent-film-maker-first-and-foremost-i-have-always-cut/) [Mira Nair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mira-nair/) > [In America, we have so many movies and so much media about the Islamic world, the sub-continental world, but it's not a conversation, it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mira-nair/in-america-we-have-so-many-movies-and-so-much-media-about-the-islamic/) [Mira Nair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mira-nair/) > [They say now in America that final cut doesn't mean anything. As Harvey Weinstein said to some film-maker, 'You can have final cut. I'll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mira-nair/they-say-now-in-america-that-final-cut-doesn-t-mean-anything-as/) [Mira Nair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mira-nair/) > [I grew up in a very small town which is remote even by Indian standards. I always dreamed of the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mira-nair/i-grew-up-in-a-very-small-town-which-is-remote-even-by-indian/) [Mira Nair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mira-nair/) > [A lot of us feel that we are against the war; we are against profiling and are against what is happening. We are tired…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mira-nair/a-lot-of-us-feel-that-we-are-against-the-war-we-are-against-profiling/) [Mira Nair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mira-nair/) > [I look for the humanity in people, however big the politics or oppressive the situation may be, whether it's subsumed within a human being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mira-nair/i-look-for-the-humanity-in-people-however-big-the-politics-or/) [Mira Nair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mira-nair/) > [I think, in terms of activism associated with my films, be it 'Salaam Baalak Trust' or 'Maisha,' taking the idea of cinema as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mira-nair/i-think-in-terms-of-activism-associated-with-my-films-be-it-salaam/) [Mira Nair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mira-nair/) > [We want the diversity of the world that is around us represented both in front of and behind the camera, and on our screens…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mira-nair/we-want-the-diversity-of-the-world-that-is-around-us-represented-both/) [Mira Nair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mira-nair/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film-real/mira-nair/#itemlist", "name": "1 Film Real Quotes By Mira Nair", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What's nice about what we have is when you enter the set, the world of film, it becomes this real cocoon, very different from all the publicity. 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