121 Quotes by Mira Nair

Life is short, so I'm knowing exactly where I'm putting my time. I don't want to do things that I don't have to do.

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.'

The dignity of everyday life - the beauty of it, the attitude of it - is what I live around. And it is never on screen, and it is certainly never associated with Africa. If we see Africa at all, it is always used as a backdrop: a big blob of a continent rather than a specific street or a country or a place.

I dream of living off the land completely - in vain, because the monkeys eat everything.

I'm inspired by people that are marginal. I'm excited by their resilience.

I'm the bullheaded type, and I really don't give up if I fall in love.

As the director of a film, as the story teller, you have to keep your voice alive.

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.

I don't think boldness should be associated with showing off skin. It's not the basis of boldness.