It is shocking that the screen does not reflect the way the world is and the diversity in the world... What the world really looks like should be on screen, and it isn't. — 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
