top of page
Quote_1.png
Mira Nair

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

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

Exlpore more Film quotes

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"When I'm shooting a film, I don't look at playback. I don't go and do a scene and then hurry up and watch what I just did. I never look at it so I haven't seen any of it."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"I did a film about the Zodiac Killer. It turned out well."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"Directing a film was something I was yearning to do. I always wanted to see if I had the capacity to be a good storyteller."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"I'm so critical of myself. I'm actually really, really proud of the film. It's really cool to see a movie at Sundance because everybody is so supportive."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"So I used formal techniques to make the film more perceptive emotionally."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"Film gives us a second chance at a first impression."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"Really? Worst film you ever saw. Well, my next one will be better. Hello. Hello."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"You are probably right when you say that I could get a role in any producer's film if I just asked."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"I saw part of The Singing Detective on TV in New York. I said, Something is going on here."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"You see, I have many friends in the Hindi film industry."

Explore more quotes by Mira Nair

Quote_1.png
Mira Nair
"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.'"
Quote_1.png
Mira Nair
"I grew up in a very small town which is remote even by Indian standards. I always dreamed of the world."
Quote_1.png
Mira Nair
"It's only at this age that I can say the word 'art' without flinching."
Quote_1.png
Mira Nair
"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."
Quote_1.png
Mira Nair
"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."
Quote_1.png
Mira Nair
"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."
Quote_1.png
Mira Nair
"Truth is more peculiar than fiction. Life is really a startling place."
Quote_1.png
Mira Nair
"I am an independent film-maker first and foremost. I have always cut my own cloth."
bottom of page