“In Uganda, I am surrounded, unfortunately, by evangelicals; I can't be...” — Mira Nair Quote

“In Uganda, I am surrounded, unfortunately, by evangelicals; I can't bear it. Every night I hear the chants of Baptists urging people to be born again.”

“To make films, you have to have something to say. To have something to say, you have to be a student of life. And to be a student of life, you have to be feeding yourself with what life, politics, society, and your family fuels you with.”

“What's nice about what we have is when you enter the set, the world of film, it becomes this real cocoon, very different from all the publicity. That's the fun part.”

“True atonement isn't the periodic shaving of karmic stubble via confessional; it requires deep, truthful change. It means doing the hardest thing of all: not making the same stupid mistake again.”

“At film festivals, I put on my sunglasses and go to sleep because I don't want to see my films again.”

“It's all right to fail. You just have to get up again and try. That's the bottom line.”