Americans are not used to being bombed in their beds, but if you come from anywhere outside America, it’s not highly unusual. Mira Nair Read Quote
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. We get the work done, you know, much lesser play of ego… And I really believe in harmony, I believe in working in a spirit of egolessness and that the film is bigger than all of us. Mira Nair Read Quote
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 even now. Mira Nair Read Quote
We have three generations at home, including my father-in-law. I keep a very low profile, and a lot of things I do are very much with the family in mind. I have actually made films with the family around me. Mira Nair Read Quote
I think there’s a level of ignorance, when, in the callowness of youth, you imagine that you are inventing the world for the first time. You imagine that your parents don’t know what it feels like to fall in love. Mira Nair Read Quote
I came from the school of cinema verite documentaries, which was: Do not manipulate reality as it was happening but create a narrative in the editing room. Mira Nair Read Quote
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 a monologue. It’s always from one point of view. ‘If we don’t tell our own stories, no one will tell them’ is my mantra. Mira Nair Read Quote
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 your film in Arkansas.’ Mira Nair Read Quote
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 inspiring. Mira Nair Read Quote