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> [Despite recent speculation in the media, and after difficult but sincere consideration, I have decided not to direct 'Catching Fire.' As a writer and a director, I simply don't have the time I need to write and prep the movie…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-ross/despite-recent-speculation-in-the-media-and-after-difficult-but/)

[Gary Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-ross/)

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## Other authors on Catching fire

## More by Gary Ross

> [People who want to be a star get their teeth capped. People who want to be an actor get to work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-ross/people-who-want-to-be-a-star-get-their-teeth-capped-people-who-want/)

[Gary Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-ross/)

> [Ultimately, so much Dr. Seuss is about empowerment. He invites us to disappear into our imagination and then blows the doors off what that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-ross/ultimately-so-much-dr-seuss-is-about-empowerment-he-invites-us-to/)

[Gary Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-ross/)

> [As a writer and a director, I simply don’t have the time I need to write and prep the movie I would have wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-ross/as-a-writer-and-a-director-i-simply-don-t-have-the-time-i-need-to/)

[Gary Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-ross/)

> [Family entertainment is really very necessary in our culture. Look how profitable they are. It's almost not discretionary. You need to take your family…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-ross/family-entertainment-is-really-very-necessary-in-our-culture-look-how/)

[Gary Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-ross/)

> [There's something so wonderful about writing in rhyme where it isn't just the meaning of the words, it's the music to the words and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-ross/there-s-something-so-wonderful-about-writing-in-rhyme-where-it-isn-t/)

[Gary Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-ross/)

> [It's interesting - in 'Fail Safe,' as well, they didn't back off. We were raised with kind of this spectrum of that Armageddon and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-ross/it-s-interesting-in-fail-safe-as-well-they-didn-t-back-off-we-were/)

[Gary Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-ross/)

> [You rarely get a tentpole that has this much emotional depth, this much character to dive into.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-ross/you-rarely-get-a-tentpole-that-has-this-much-emotional-depth-this/)

[Gary Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-ross/)

> [Any director, if you really ask them, will tell you that the toughest thing to do is like a dinner table or a dialogue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-ross/any-director-if-you-really-ask-them-will-tell-you-that-the-toughest/)

[Gary Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-ross/)

> [There is no right way to live. You preclude a lot of life by trying to conform to that kind of ideal or stereotype.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-ross/there-is-no-right-way-to-live-you-preclude-a-lot-of-life-by-trying-to/)

[Gary Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-ross/)

> [Horseracing already has the highest mortality rate of any sport in the world per capita to the people who do it. If you crash…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-ross/horseracing-already-has-the-highest-mortality-rate-of-any-sport-in/)

[Gary Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-ross/)

> [I mean, in 'Big' and 'Pleasantville,' it's a journey that the characters go on where I think they come to kind of meet themselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-ross/i-mean-in-big-and-pleasantville-it-s-a-journey-that-the-characters-go/)

[Gary Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-ross/)

> [What works about fairy tales is that they endure, and the great thing about fairy tales is that you can explore big, epic things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-ross/what-works-about-fairy-tales-is-that-they-endure-and-the-great-thing/)

[Gary Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-ross/)

> [I have some favorites. I love Chaplin; I mean I really love Chaplin. I just think there's a grace and an elegance that's almost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-ross/i-have-some-favorites-i-love-chaplin-i-mean-i-really-love-chaplin-i/)

[Gary Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-ross/)

> [Really, each era has its own false nostalgia. We all put a picket fence up around something. For my generation it was the '50s,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-ross/really-each-era-has-its-own-false-nostalgia-we-all-put-a-picket-fence/)

[Gary Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-ross/)

> [You have to listen to the movie while you're making it. I think that's important.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-ross/you-have-to-listen-to-the-movie-while-you-re-making-it-i-think-that-s/)

[Gary Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-ross/)

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