Indian - Director | October 15, 1957 -
We have three generations at home, including my father-in-law. I keep a very low profile, and a lot of things I do are very much with the family in mind. I have actually made films with the family around me.
Mira Nair
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There's nothing universal about Indian families except that the family itself is deeply important across the country. It's sort of the fabric and anchor of our country.
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I'm inspired by people that are marginal. I'm excited by their resilience.
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To make films, you have to have something to say. To have something to say, you have to be a student of life. And to be a student of life, you have to be feeding yourself with what life, politics, society, and your family fuels you with.
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I'm a self-taught landscape gardener; it's a real passion of mine. It's what I do in my spare time because trees don't ask questions!
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A lot of us feel that we are against the war; we are against profiling and are against what is happening. We are tired of war in every manifestation. American people do not all believe in what the government has been doing.
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I'm the bullheaded type, and I really don't give up if I fall in love.
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It's only at this age that I can say the word 'art' without flinching.
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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.
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I grew up in a very small town which is remote even by Indian standards. I always dreamed of the world.
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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.'
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I am an independent film-maker first and foremost. I have always cut my own cloth.
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