[On the racial backlash about Hunger Games casting]: "People should have ignored the five racist idiots. — Nina Jacobson Copy Share Image
[On The Hunger Games success]: "It hit on the zeitgeist of the disparity b/w the haves and have nots. — Nina Jacobson Copy Share Image
Deb Zane, our casting director on the Hunger Games was very sanguine, from the beginning, about just blocking out what everybody else… — Nina Jacobson Copy Share Image
I've always tried to really focus on The Hunger Games movie, knowing that, yes, these are amazing books and I would feel… — Nina Jacobson Copy Share Image
You're not doing the scene exactly the way it is in the book [The Hunger Games], but the intention of the scene… — Nina Jacobson Copy Share Image
Little decisions were made, every day. In this movie [The Hunger Games], we really focused on Cinna and we didn't get time… — Nina Jacobson Copy Share Image
If the movie [The Hunger Games] were stylized violence that was pretty and fun and cool, which is great when you go… — Nina Jacobson Copy Share Image
I was focused on The Hunger Games movie with my director, with the studio, and with the cast and crew. We all… — Nina Jacobson Copy Share Image
I love the Hunger Games books. Certainly, the fans are there. They're grown enormously since the beginning. When I first brought the… — Nina Jacobson Copy Share Image
Being able to just stick to our instincts and honor the [Hunger Games] books and find a way to stay the course… — Nina Jacobson Copy Share Image
We knew that we wanted TheHunger Games to be PG-13 because she wrote the book for readers 12 and up, and we… — Nina Jacobson Copy Share Image
I felt that there were so many things that could go wrong, in adapting The Hunger Games , and I had this… — Nina Jacobson Copy Share Image
In the evolution of the [The Hunger Games] movie, Gary [Ross] and I talked a lot about tonal bandwidth and making sure… — Nina Jacobson Copy Share Image
When you read a book [The Hunger Games], you create that tonal bandwidth. You set a tone for yourself, as you're reading… — Nina Jacobson Copy Share Image
We didn't want to dilute or soften the material because that would really be irresponsible, in its own way. The [Hunger Games]… — Nina Jacobson Copy Share Image
Suzanna Collins was very supportive, but we very much wanted her blessing on casting. In production, she visited us once, but she… — Nina Jacobson Copy Share Image
We both [with Suzanne Collins ] felt strongly that you wouldn't want to age up the characters, no matter the age of… — Nina Jacobson Copy Share Image
There is a young fella who works for me, named Brian Unkeless, who's very smart. We're a very small company that has… — Nina Jacobson Copy Share Image
I can't imagine Hunger Games, even with its very popular books, being nearly a success that it's been without Jen Lawrence being… — Nina Jacobson Copy Share Image
I was focused on The Hunger Games movie with my director, with the studio, and with the cast and crew. We all just focused… — Nina Jacobson Copy Share
The way we like to think of ourselves is not the way we look. We like to think of ourselves as more evolved than… — Nina Jacobson Copy Share
Suzanne Collins, it was such a big thing for me to make the handshake with her and to say, 'You can trust me. I… — Nina Jacobson Copy Share
There is a variety of different kind of producers. I'm a very hands-on, creative producer. I find material that I think would make a… — Nina Jacobson Copy Share
I can't imagine Hunger Games, even with its very popular books, being nearly a success that it's been without Jen Lawrence being the perfect… — Nina Jacobson Copy Share
Ultimately, mentorship plays such a big role in breaking directors that successful male directors tend to reach the helping hand to guys who remind… — Nina Jacobson Copy Share
Suzanna Collins was very supportive, but we very much wanted her blessing on casting. In production, she visited us once, but she really was… — Nina Jacobson Copy Share
The most important part of filmmaking is the collaboration and the ensemble element of it. If you just all focus on the task and… — Nina Jacobson Copy Share
Sometimes I work in my office, just reading material, meeting writers, working on scripts. Other times, I'm on location. There's a lot of variety. — Nina Jacobson Copy Share
When I became a producer, I told myself I will finally be able to bring my dog to work. — Nina Jacobson Copy Share
The majority of people are straight, and movies, with their bigger budgets and burdensome marketing costs, will try to appeal to as many people… — Nina Jacobson Copy Share
In the evolution of the [The Hunger Games] movie, Gary [Ross] and I talked a lot about tonal bandwidth and making sure that the… — Nina Jacobson Copy Share
The reality is that diversity as an overall subject has to continue to be addressed onscreen. That goes beyond having a gay superhero. There… — Nina Jacobson Copy Share
The more women and people of color who find positions of influence, the more women and people of color who will find positions of… — Nina Jacobson Copy Share
I think a lot of what I loved being a studio executive was the variety and freedom. But now, as a producer, you're much… — Nina Jacobson Copy Share
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![“When you read a book [The Hunger Games], you create that tonal bandwidth. You set a tone for yourself, as you're reading it, in which everything exists within the world of your imagination. In the book, it's great when she can push a button and food comes up, as per your order.” quote by Nina Jacobson](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/91a/nina-jacobson-8759_bandwidth_when-you-read-a-book-the-hunger-games-yo_1333492.jpg)
![“We didn't want to dilute or soften the material because that would really be irresponsible, in its own way. The [Hunger Games] books are very intense and very demanding of the reader, and the movie should be that too.” quote by Nina Jacobson](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/931/nina-jacobson-8759_book_we-didn-t-want-to-dilute-or-soften-the-m_3095759.png)
![“We both [with Suzanne Collins ] felt strongly that you wouldn't want to age up the characters, no matter the age of the actors playing the roles. They should be playing the age that they are in the [Hunger Games] books. It would let people off the hook, if you said, "Well, instead of 12 to 18, why…” quote by Nina Jacobson](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/526/nina-jacobson-8759_actors_we-both-with-suzanne-collins-felt-strong_2082272.png)
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