Stepping stone Quote by Mira Nair

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

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

— Mira Nair

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

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

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

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

My films, no one else will do.

— Mira Nair

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

— Mira Nair

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

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

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

— Mira Nair

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