Mira Quotes

“I just don’t understand why anyone would want to get their caffeine in a less-efficient form.”

“People blame science. Shit, man, people shouldn’t blame science. People should blame people.”

“Life is'nt about getting everything you want the instant you want it.Some thing are worth waiting for.”

“My father taught me how to substitute realities.”

“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.”

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

“You know, the sad thing of post-9/11, which was of course horrific, was that the city in which I felt completely at home for two decades, suddenly people like us - brown people - were looked at as the 'Others.'”

“I think, in terms of activism associated with my films, be it 'Salaam Baalak Trust' or 'Maisha,' taking the idea of cinema as a way to change people, I feel heartened. I am glad that we have impacted thousands of lives.”

“Now that I've got some films under my belt, I have the courage of my convictions regarding acting. It gives me a leg to stand on.”