I’m not interested in passion and love for their own sake – without the struggle of life, they’re just fluff. Mira Nair Read Quote
The film itself should interact with the audience. In the case of ‘Queen of Katwe’, people are laughing, sobbing and dancing. I am taking them on a ride… It is not like I am asking them for handouts. Mira Nair Read Quote
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. I feel I do not belong. Mira Nair Read Quote
I grew up thinking anything was possible simply because of seeing women in power – like, you know, running the country. Which is a thought that continues to give Americans indigestion… Direction is about having a vision, but the practice of being a director is a con game – a confidence game. Mira Nair Read Quote
I grew up in a very small town which is remote even by Indian standards. I always dreamed of the world. Mira Nair Read Quote
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 one of these novels that I read under the covers at my convent boarding school in Simla. Mira Nair Read Quote
As the director of a film, as the story teller, you have to keep your voice alive. Mira Nair Read Quote
My close friends call me the bulldozer who never says no. I have never not made a film. Mira Nair Read Quote
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 the world in that sense. They are without artifice; they see it for what it is. I am drawn to that ruthless honesty. Mira Nair Read Quote