Mira Nair

In America, we have so many movies and so much media about the Islamic world…

New York City is home to so many people from so many places and the…

I often begin movies with music in my head it’s a very important dimension to…

You know, the sad thing of post-9/11, which was of course horrific, was that…

It’s only at this age that I can say the word ‘art’ without flinching…

We have to realize only in communication, in real knowledge, in real reaching out, can…

I look for the humanity in people, however big the politics or oppressive the situation…

With Vietnam, the Iraq War, so many American films about war are almost always from…

I am at home in many cultures. I live actively in three continents and I’ve…

We have three generations at home, including my father-in-law. I keep a very…

Creative freedom is an imperative for me, but it doesn’t really exist in a Hollywood…

I think films have to reach people and really grab them. That’s what I hope…

Christmas lights may be the loneliest thing for me, especially if you mix them up…

It gave me a lot of pleasure and pride that 90 percent of the crew…

Marriage of attraction is a gamble anyway, so you might as well marry into a…