Mira Nair Quotes About Film

Quotes about: Film

• Making films is about having absolute and foolish confidence; the challenge for all of us is to have the heart of a poet and the skin of an elephant.

  Mira Nair

  Heart, Elephants, Challenges

  "Portrait of the artist: Mira Nair, film director". Interview with Laura Barnett, www.theguardian.com. November 9, 2009.

• 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 Nair

  Powerful, People, Looks

• It 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 Nair

  Believe, Pride, Play

• We have three generations at home, including my father-in-law. I keep a very low profile, and a lot of things I do are very much with the family in mind. I have actually made films with the family around me.

  Mira Nair

  Father, Home, Law

• Every film is a political act; it's how you see the world.

  Mira Nair

  Political, World, Film

• I often begin movies with music in my head; it's a very important dimension to me. Not just the music itself, but how to use music in film: when and how and subtlety. I don't like to be too sweet in my stories, and I like the abrasive clang, the contrasting of sounds and cultures.

  Mira Nair

  Sweet, Important, Sound

  Interview with Amaya Rivera, www.motherjones.com. March/April 2007.

• I am an independent film-maker first and foremost. I have always cut my own cloth.

  Mira Nair

  Independent, Cutting, Firsts

  "'Becky Sharp is like me - a survivor'". Interview with Geoffrey Macnab, www.theguardian.com. December 29, 2004.

• My films, no one else will do.

  Mira Nair

  Film

• Never take no for answer, and try to make films that turn you on.

  Mira Nair

  Trying, Answers, Film

  "Portrait of the artist: Mira Nair, film director". Interview With Laura Barnett, www.theguardian.com. November 9, 2009.

• They say now in America that final cut doesn't mean anything. As Harvey Weinstein said to some film-maker, 'You can have final cut. I'll open your film in Arkansas.'

  Mira Nair

  Mean, Cutting, America

  "Becky Sharp is like me - a survivor" by Geoffrey Macnab, www.theguardian.com. December 29, 2004.

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