Mira Nair Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“'Salaam Bombay' didn't put a halo on the poor. Instead, it said that they will teach us how to live.”

“I think films have to reach people and really grab them. That's 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.”

“Truth is more peculiar than fiction. Life is really a startling place.”

“I know what it's like to be in one place and dream of another. I also know what it's like to feel that nostalgia is a fairly useless thing because it is stasis.”

“If we don't tell our own stories, no one else will.”

“It took me three years to learn to dress in the American way, especially in winter. That was just like me. I barely wear socks even now.”

“Marriage of attraction is a gamble anyway, so you might as well marry into a family that is similar to your own, and make that much less of an adjustment. But the 'love marriage', as it is called, is equally common in India now. But it would be interesting to do a comparison of what would work better. Marriage is hard work, and it is a gamble.”

“My family is almost exactly like the one in 'Monsoon Wedding'. We are very open, fairly liberal, loud people.”

“Truth is much stranger than fiction and, often, much more powerful.”

“Humility is not a trait I often associate with America.”