Mira Nair Quotes

I come from Nigeria, and we live by the idea that it takes a village. So my entire team. I live by my team: my friends, my neighbors, my teachers - they're the people who taught me how to be a free actor.

You can’t do leadership alone.

It wasn't an excuse. It was a fact. He'd had to make his way alone, and no one - not rock stars, not professional athletes, not software billionaires, and not even geniuses - ever makes it alone.

My mother always told me that inaction is not an option. And neither is going it alone.

It's important to say that actors can't act alone, it's impossible. What we have to do is support each other.

Life is not a solo act. It's a huge collaboration, and we all need to assemble around us the people who care about us and support us in times of strife.

We cannot pretend that Messi will solve all the problems. He cannot carry everything on his shoulders.

No man is an island. To fight the good fight we need help.

I mean, I've always said I have an amazing team and network of friends and people that I work with that, you know, inspire me and enable me to do what I do.

No dream is ever chased alone.

Now, I'm not here because I was that good. I'm here because of the people around me made me that good.

I feel really grateful to the people who encouraged me and helped me develop. Nobody can succeed on their own.

I get by with a little help from my friends.

If necessity is the mother of invention, it's the father of cooperation. And we're cooperating like never before.

The crowd is just as important as the group. It takes everything to make it work.

I've figured out that life in general is a team effort; it's a team game.

You can't change the world alone - you will need some help - and to truly get from your starting point to your destination takes friends, colleagues, the good will of strangers and a strong coxswain to guide them.

Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.

It takes a lot of help - nature, friends, family, craftsmen - for me to make what I make.

It Takes A Village

One finger cannot lift a pebble.

If there is someone to haul the fir-tree, there shall be no shortage of those willing to hold a branch to help.

I learned early on that success is best if it is shared.

A single tree cannot make a forest.

I know, for myself, I probably work a lot better in that - in the group environment. Only because if I am coming up short, someone else helps.