Mira Nair Quotes

Truth is more peculiar than fiction. Life is really a startling place.

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.’

It’s only at this age that I can say the word ‘art’ without flinching.

I want to question what the outside is and who defines it. I often find those that are considered to be on the outside extremely inspiring.

I know what it’s like to be in one place and dream of another. I also know what it’s like to feel that nostalgia is a fairly useless thing because it is stasis.

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