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Mira Nair Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: director
Nationality: indian
Birth: October 15, 1957

Topics

World Small Small Town Standards Up

If you are not frightened, you are not original.

You Original Frightened

I have only one loyalty - to my writing. I never wanted to be the head of a studio or a producer.

Loyalty Writing Never Producer Head

The substance of painting is light.

Light Painting Substance

In New York, appearance is a form of currency or, at the very least, a calling card. One must look wealthy in order to be recognised as a person of worth.

New York Worth Appearance Look New

I think about culture and values as curbs on a highway. When the curbs are high enough, a vehicle can veer to the left or right, but the curbs keep the car on the road. It is the CEO's job to build those curbs as high as possible.

Car Culture Job Road Think Enough

I try and create for the audience something that relates to real-life experience.

Experience Create Try Audience

When I was 16 years old, I assembled a 2.3 million electron volt beta particle accelerator. I went to Westinghouse, I got 400 pounds of translator steel, 22 miles of copper wire, and I assembled a 6-kilowatt, 2.3 million electron accelerator in the garage.

Steel Old Years Miles Got Million

People go 'You look a lot like Minnie Driver.' Once I said, 'Thanks, Minnie is a great actress.' But, it blew up in my face. This person said, 'Nah, didn't like the last movie she did.'

Great People Face You Look Person

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.

School Loved Literature You Vanity

I juice everything! Whether it's beet, carrot, or apple, I'll juice it. I always keep brown rice in the kitchen. I'll often pack a cooler full of food to have throughout the day when I'm busy.

Misty May-Treanor

Food Day Kitchen Busy Apple Juice

When I get on a plane, I got to tell you, if I see people who are in Muslim garb and I think, you know, they are identifying themselves first and foremost as Muslims, I get worried. I get nervous.

People Think You Know Nervous See

I grew up reading 'Lord of the Rings' and comic books, so that kind of epic quality I like.

Quality Reading Kind Up Lord Rings

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