Quote by Mira Nair
You know, the sad thing of post-9/11, which was of course horrific

You know, the sad thing of post-9/11, which was of course horrific, was that the city in which I felt completely at home for two decades, suddenly people like us – brown people – were looked at as the Others. – Mira Nair

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I think films have to reach people and really grab them. Thats what I hope to do when I make a film – to get under your skin and really make you think about something, and have a transporting time that takes you somewhere. – Mira Nair

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I am at home in many cultures. I live actively in three continents and Ive done that for most of my life, so I just make films as I see the world, and that happens to speak to people. I do things that I want to do. – Mira Nair

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In America, we have so many movies and so much media about the Islamic world, the sub-continental world, but its not a conversation, its a monologue. Its always from one point of view. If we dont tell our own stories, no one will tell them is my mantra. – Mira Nair

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