You can drain the life and nuances and complexity out of things by homogenizing them to make everything harmoniously dull, flat, conflict-free,… — Gary Ross Copy Share Image
Really, each era has its own false nostalgia. We all put a picket fence up around something. For my generation it was… — Gary Ross Copy Share Image
People who want to be a star get their teeth capped. People who want to be an actor get to work. — Gary Ross Copy Share Image
Ultimately, so much Dr. Seuss is about empowerment. He invites us to disappear into our imagination and then blows the doors off what that… — Gary Ross Copy Share Image
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… — Gary Ross Copy Share Image
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… — Gary Ross Copy Share Image
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… — Gary Ross Copy Share Image
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… — Gary Ross Copy Share Image
You rarely get a tentpole that has this much emotional depth, this much character to dive into. — Gary Ross Copy Share Image
Any director, if you really ask them, will tell you that the toughest thing to do is like a dinner table or a dialogue… — Gary Ross Copy Share Image
There is no right way to live. You preclude a lot of life by trying to conform to that kind of ideal or stereotype.… — Gary Ross Copy Share Image
Horseracing already has the highest mortality rate of any sport in the world per capita to the people who do it. If you crash… — Gary Ross Copy Share Image
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… — Gary Ross Copy Share Image
What works about fairy tales is that they endure, and the great thing about fairy tales is that you can explore big, epic things… — Gary Ross Copy Share Image
