121 Quotes by Mira Nair

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.

I look for the humanity in people, however big the politics or oppressive the situation may be, whether it's subsumed within a human being or between two human beings. I want to help us hold a mirror to ourselves.

Americans are not used to being bombed in their beds, but if you come from anywhere outside America, it's not highly unusual.

My films, no one else will do.

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.

It is because my roots are so strong that I can fly.

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.

Creative freedom is an imperative for me, but it doesn't really exist in a Hollywood game.

I am still attracted to stories about people who are considered to be on the outside of society. I still seek inspiration from those stories.