When I love a book, I really love a book. You don't get that very often. — 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
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
When you're younger and you see something that really speaks to you, it's indelible in a way that's not the same as… — 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
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
When you read a book, you create that tonal bandwidth. You set a tone for yourself, as you're reading it, in which… — Nina Jacobson Copy Share Image
Suzanne Collins, it was such a big thing for me to make the handshake with her and to say, 'You can trust… — Nina Jacobson Copy Share Image
I am happy to keep working on books because I'm always reading, and I'm always trying to fall in love. — Nina Jacobson Copy Share Image
Television is often out ahead on social issues. With film, we've only recently proved that one of the oldest misconceptions in the… — 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
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
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
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 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 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 the perfect… — Nina Jacobson Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
When I became a producer, I told myself I will finally be able to bring my dog to work. — Nina Jacobson Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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