Mira Nair : (10)

" India somehow constantly rivets and inspires me, and I feel very relieved to have come from this country which has a very ‘lifeist’ approach to living fully, no matter what one has or doesn’t have. " - Mira Nair

" You have to want to be in the company of those you’re making films about. " - Mira Nair

" Truth is much stranger than fiction and, often, much more powerful. " - Mira Nair

" If we don’t tell our own stories, no one else will. " - Mira Nair

" 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

" Every film is a political act; it’s how you see the world. " - Mira Nair

" My family is vital to me – just the sense of being surrounded by no pretension. " - Mira Nair

" It is shocking that the screen does not reflect the way the world is and the diversity in the world… What the world really looks like should be on screen, and it isn’t. " - Mira Nair

" I grew up in a very small town which is remote even by Indian standards. I always dreamed of the world. " - Mira Nair

" In our house we say ‘adolescence’ is a western word. We don’t believe in it. " - Mira Nair