Quote by Mira Nair
With Vietnam, the Iraq War, so many American films about war are a

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

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Christmas lights may be the loneliest thing for me, especially if you mix them up with reindeers and sleighs. I feel alone. I feel isolated. I feel I do not belong. – 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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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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