Most modern science fiction went to school on 'Dune.' Even 'Harry Potter' with its 'boy protagonist who has not yet grown into his destiny' shares a common theme. When I read it for the first time, I felt like I… — Gary Ross Copy Share Image
If there's a 13- or 14-year old kid who is yearning for something beyond the social forces in his own world, in his own neighborhood, the library is the only place where he can go to find that. 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
