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Mira Nair Biography

Mira Nair (born 15 October 1957) is an Indian-American filmmaker based in New York City. Her production company, Mirabai Films, specializes in films for international audiences on Indian society, whether in the economic, social or cultural spheres. Among her best known films are Mississippi Masala, The Namesake, the Golden Lion-winning Monsoon Wedding and Salaam Bombay!, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

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

Ifs, Stories, Tell

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.

Belong, Christmas, Light, Loneliest, May, Reindeers

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.

Dresses, Like, Took, Wear, Winter, Years

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

Fairly, Family, Monsoons, My Family, People

It is because my roots are so strong that I can fly.

Fly, I Can, Roots, Strong

I 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.

Children, Clothes, Fact, Honesty, Reveal, Ruthless

Creative freedom is an imperative for me, but it doesn't really exist in a Hollywood game.

Creative, Exist, Freedom, Games, Hollywood

I grew up in a small town in India, but through books I knew the world.

Book, Grew, India, Small, World

Every frame and every scene has to have an intention.

Frame, Intention, Scene

In our house we say 'adolescence' is a western word. We don't believe in it.

Adolescence, Believe, House, Western, Word

I 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.

Considered, Extremely, Inspiring, Question, Want

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

Answer, Answers, Film, Films, Take, Trying

I look for the humanity in people, however big the politics or oppressive the situation may be, whether it's subsumed within a human being or between two human beings. I want to help us hold a mirror to ourselves.

Help, Humanity, Mirrors, People, Subsumed, Two

I've loved 'Vanity Fair' since I was 16 years old. You know, we're all colonial hangovers in India, steeped in English literature. It is one of these novels that I read under the covers at my convent boarding school in Simla.

Covers, English, Hangover, School, Vanity, Years

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. '

America, Cutting, Film, Harvey, Mean

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

Film, Political, See, World

Americans are not used to being bombed in their beds, but if you come from anywhere outside America, it's not highly unusual.

America, Americans, Bed, Highly, Unusual, Used

Bollywood actors are so set in what they want, and the way they want it. And why shouldn't they be? But it is not the same in Hollywood, because the love of the audience is not the same.

Actors, Bollywood, Hollywood, Set

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.

Father, Home, Including, Law, Three

My films, no one else will do.

Film, Films

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