Mira Nair quotes - page 2

Every film is a political act; it's how you see the world. (Mira Nair)
Truth is more peculiar than fiction. Life is really a startling place. View quote
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If we don't tell our own stories, no one else will. View quote
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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 like you, like we do. View quote
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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. View quote
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I often begin movies with music in my head; it's a very important dimension to me. Not just the music itself, but how to use music in film: when and how and subtlety. I don't like to be too sweet in my stories, and I like the abrasive clang, the contrasting of sounds and cultures. View quote
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Bollywood actors are so set in what they want, and the way they want it. And why shouldn't they be? But it is not the same in Hollywood, because the love of the audience is not the same. View quote
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It's only at this age that I can say the word 'art' without flinching. View quote
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Americans are not used to being bombed in their beds, but if you come from anywhere outside America, it's not highly unusual. View quote
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You know, the sad thing of post-9/11, which was of course horrific, was that the city in which I felt completely at home for two decades, suddenly people like us - brown people - were looked at as the 'Others.' View quote
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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)
My family is almost exactly like the one in 'Monsoon Wedding'. We are very open, fairly liberal, loud people. View quote
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