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Challenges Quote by Mira Nair

“Making films is about having absolute and foolish confidence; the…” quote by Mira Nair — Download Open 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 the skin of an elephant.”

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My family is vital to me - just the sense of being surrounded by no pretension.

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My films, no one else will do.

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I am an independent film-maker first and foremost. I have always cut my own cloth.

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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…

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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…

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I grew up in a very small town which is remote even by Indian standards. I always dreamed of the world.

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A lot of us feel that we are against the war; we are against profiling and are against what is happening. We are tired…

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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…

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“Two powerful, little words I've learned to use when facing challenges, fears, and doubts— so what? ”

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I personally think if something's not a challenge, there's no point doing it, because you're not gonna learn much.

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Men want a challenge, but they want a challenge they can win.

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