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
With Vietnam, the Iraq War, so many American films about war are almost always from the American point of view. You almost never have a Middle Eastern character by name with a story. – Mira Nair