We all know the power of film; we all know there's almost nothing more powerful than to see people on film that look and talk like you, like we do.
Mira NairIt gave me a lot of pleasure and pride that 90 percent of the crew for 'Monsoon Wedding,' and most of my film, are women. We get the work done, you know, much lesser play of ego... And I really believe in harmony, I believe in working in a spirit of egolessness and that the film is bigger than all of us.
Mira NairI want to question what the outside is and who defines it. I often find those that are considered to be on the outside extremely inspiring.
Mira NairI always like to reveal the fact that the emperor has no clothes. And children are best at that. They teach us how to see the world in that sense. They are without artifice; they see it for what it is. I am drawn to that ruthless honesty.
Mira Nair