I am Indian, and my home is Kampala. My world is already diverse. But films are financed by those who want to… — 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… — 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
We want the diversity of the world that is around us represented both in front of and behind the camera, and on… — Mira Nair Copy Share Image
It is shocking that the screen does not reflect the way the world is and the diversity in the world... What the… — Mira Nair Copy Share Image
I always like to reveal the fact that the emperor has no clothes. And children are best at that. They teach us… — Mira Nair Copy Share Image
I think there's a level of ignorance, when, in the callowness of youth, you imagine that you are inventing the world for… — Mira Nair Copy Share Image
I immediately was captured by 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist.' It gave me a springboard into contemporary Pakistan and a dialogue between Pakistan and… — Mira Nair Copy Share Image
What's nice about what we have is when you enter the set, the world of film, it becomes this real cocoon, very… — Mira Nair Copy Share Image
'No words - action' was the lesson my mother taught me: as artists, we have the privilege of holding a mirror to… — Mira Nair Copy Share Image
I am actually a resident of three worlds - of America, of India, and of Africa. I live in Uganda most of… — Mira Nair Copy Share Image
I've been able to look at the world differently from three continents practically. I've always lived between India and the U.S. When… — Mira Nair Copy Share Image
I am at home in many cultures. I live actively in three continents and I've done that for most of my life,… — 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
