[Reese Witherspoon] was the first, and ... only person that I thought who would play it, for many reasons. Number one, an actor who has to play from 17 to 35 and be convincing in both ranges. And two, we all know her extraordinary comic guile and her wit ... but she also has that irresistibility in her, that total appeal. -Mira Nair

 

[Reese Witherspoon] was the first, and ... only person that I thought who would play it, for many reasons. Number one, an actor who has to play from 17 to 35 and be convincing in both ranges. And two, we all know her extraordinary comic guile and her wit ... but she also has that irresistibility in her, that total appeal.


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The Austen novels [had] young ladies just sitting waiting to be proposed to, for God's sake. Becky had no time for that. She was born on the other side of the tracks, like most of us are, and she had to make her way.

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The media do not allow us to understand the history of what led to 9/11. The knowledge of what we are living in now is not given to the American public.

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[Reese Witherspoon] was the first, and ... only person that I thought who would play it, for many reasons. Number one, an actor who has to play from 17 to 35 and be convincing in both ranges. And two, we all know her extraordinary comic guile and her wit ... but she also has that irresistibility in her, that total appeal. -Mira Nair
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I like to be unabashed, which is an Indian trait, both emotionally and visually. It's important to have a circus to play with.

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I guess that would be Indian, in a way. We are used to no privacy. We are used to a lot of people in a room, sleeping on mattresses.

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People ask me this, but I've never sought to be on an A-list. I've done my own thing and my own thing has thankfully now brought me an audience. -Mira Nair
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It's only at this age that I can say the word 'art' without flinching.

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