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When I was in high school there was 'Superbad' and 'The Girl Next Door' and 'Wedding Crashers' and all these great movies. You hope to be a part of something that's smart funny and in that Todd Phillips-vein. You want to make something like 'Superbad.' That movie was so good and so funny.
In America we have so many movies and so much media about the Islamic world the sub-continental world but it's not a conversation it's a monologue. It's always from one point of view. 'If we don't tell our own stories no one will tell them' is my mantra.
Quotes By Mira Nair
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It gave me a lot of pleasure and pride that 90 percent of the crew for...
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My family is almost exactly like the one in 'Monsoon Wedding'. We are very...
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With Vietnam the Iraq War so many American films about war are almost...
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I look for the humanity in people however big the politics or oppressive the...
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I often begin movies with music in my head it's a very important dimension to...
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Marriage of attraction is a gamble anyway so you might as well marry into a...
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I think films have to reach people and really grab them. That's what I hope...
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You know the sad thing of post-9/11 which was of course horrific was that...
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We have three generations at home including my father-in-law. I keep a very...
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New York City is home to so many people from so many places and the...
Quotes About Movies
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James Cameron has always been way ahead of the curve in terms of the use of...
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What bugs me is that movies don't reflect how interesting and vibrant women...
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I find playwriting to be incredibly difficult compared to screenwriting. Part...
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The trick of making movies in this culture is how to not give up everything...
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I love bad movies whereas going to the theater for me is a painful...
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The thing about movies these days is that the commerce end of it is so...
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I find playwriting really painful. I love it or I wouldn't do it but I...
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The thing is there have been American movies that are similar to Solaris...