My family is vital to me - just the sense of being surrounded by no pretension. — Mira Nair Copy Share Image
I often begin movies with music in my head; it's a very important dimension to me. Not just the music itself, but… — Mira Nair Copy Share Image
Once 9/11 happened, people who looked like me and whose children looked like us and whose husbands looked of a community, really… — Mira Nair Copy Share Image
We have three generations at home, including my father-in-law. I keep a very low profile, and a lot of things I do… — Mira Nair Copy Share Image
To make films, you have to have something to say. To have something to say, you have to be a student of life. And… — Mira Nair Copy Share Image
My family is vital to me - just the sense of being surrounded by no pretension. — Mira Nair Copy Share Image
I am Indian, and my home is Kampala. My world is already diverse. But films are financed by those who want to see themselves… — Mira Nair Copy Share Image
Making films is about having absolute and foolish confidence; the challenge for all of us is to have the heart of a poet and… — Mira Nair Copy Share Image
I grew up thinking anything was possible simply because of seeing women in power - like, you know, running the country. Which is a… — Mira Nair Copy Share Image
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… — Mira Nair Copy Share Image
I am an independent film-maker first and foremost. I have always cut my own cloth. — Mira Nair Copy Share Image
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… — Mira Nair Copy Share Image
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… — Mira Nair Copy Share Image
I grew up in a very small town which is remote even by Indian standards. I always dreamed of the world. — Mira Nair Copy Share Image
A lot of us feel that we are against the war; we are against profiling and are against what is happening. We are tired… — Mira Nair Copy Share Image
