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
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
[On the racial backlash about Hunger Games casting]: "People should have ignored the five racist idiots. — 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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