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Mira Nair Quotes

Indian - Director | October 15, 1957 -

I think I am kind of put on this Earth to speak of being between worlds in my films.

I Am Speak Think Earth Kind Being

I listen to music deeply and seriously for at least an hour or two a day.

Music Day Seriously Listen Two Hour

In Uganda, I am surrounded, unfortunately, by evangelicals; I can't bear it. Every night I hear the chants of Baptists urging people to be born again.

I Am People Night Born Bear Again

We want the diversity of the world that is around us represented both in front of and behind the camera, and on our screens as a result.

Diversity World Camera Result Want

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

Family Me Surrounded Sense Just

My close friends call me the bulldozer who never says no. I have never not made a film.

Me Friends Never Call Film Made

Sitting in America, we never get to know the other side in any kind of believable way. We have so many movies about Iraq, Afghanistan, and this and that, but there is never a character from that side.

Character America Know Movies Kind

When people break up, after sharing their entire souls with each other, I don't want to believe that you just switch off. There are remnants of melancholia, and there is so much that stays with you because you loved this person. Of course, it's that much more complicated when it's an interracial love or love from a person from another culture.

Love Culture People Believe Loved

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

Voice Story You Alive Director Film

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

Think Skin Boldness Off Should

I think, in terms of activism associated with my films, be it 'Salaam Baalak Trust' or 'Maisha,' taking the idea of cinema as a way to change people, I feel heartened. I am glad that we have impacted thousands of lives.

Change Trust I Am People Think Feel

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.

Life Beauty Attitude Live Place

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