All Mira Nair Quotes
- Christmas lights may be the loneliest thing for me, especially if you mix them up with reindeers and sleighs. I feel alone. I feel isolated.… Alone
- I know what it's like to be in one place and dream of another. I also know what it's like to feel that nostalgia is… Dream
- What is really important to me is a sense of humour and a mischief about life. Life is just too boring otherwise. Boring
- I've never sought to be on an A-list. I've done my own thing and my own thing has thankfully now brought me an audience. Audience
- 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 open… America
- We all know the power of film; we all know there's almost nothing more powerful than to see people on film that look and talk… All
- 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 or… Beings
- Truth is more peculiar than fiction. Life is really a startling place. Fiction
- I always like to reveal the fact that the emperor has no clothes. And children are best at that. They teach us how to see… Always Like
- Never treat anything you do as a stepping stone. Do it fully, and follow it completely. Completely
- It gave me a lot of pleasure and pride that 90 percent of the crew for 'Monsoon Wedding,' and most of my film, are women.… All
- Marriage of attraction is a gamble anyway, so you might as well marry into a family that is similar to your own, and make that… Adjustment
- Americans are not used to being bombed in their beds, but if you come from anywhere outside America, it's not highly unusual. America
- Creative freedom is an imperative for me, but it doesn't really exist in a Hollywood game. Creative
- Every film is a political act; it's how you see the world. Act
- Every frame and every scene has to have an intention. Every Frame
- Humility is not a trait I often associate with America. America
- I am an independent film-maker first and foremost. I have always cut my own cloth. Always Cut
- I am still attracted to stories about people who are considered to be on the outside of society. I still seek inspiration from those stories. Attracted
- I grew up in a small town in India, but through books I knew the world. Book
- I grew up in a very small town which is remote even by Indian standards. I always dreamed of the world. Always Dreamed
- I want to question what the outside is and who defines it. I often find those that are considered to be on the outside extremely… Considered
- If we don't tell our own stories, no one else will. Funny
- In our house we say 'adolescence' is a western word. We don't believe in it. Adolescence
- It took me three years to learn to dress in the American way, especially in winter. That was just like me. I barely wear socks… American