Nina Jacobson

I was focused on The Hunger Games movie with my director, with the studio, and with the cast and crew. We all…

— Nina Jacobson

The way we like to think of ourselves is not the way we look. We like to think of ourselves as more…

— Nina Jacobson

Suzanne Collins, it was such a big thing for me to make the handshake with her and to say, 'You can trust…

— Nina Jacobson

There is a variety of different kind of producers. I'm a very hands-on, creative producer. I find material that I think would…

— Nina Jacobson

I can't imagine Hunger Games, even with its very popular books, being nearly a success that it's been without Jen Lawrence being…

— Nina Jacobson

Ultimately, mentorship plays such a big role in breaking directors that successful male directors tend to reach the helping hand to guys…

— Nina Jacobson

Suzanna Collins was very supportive, but we very much wanted her blessing on casting. In production, she visited us once, but she…

— Nina Jacobson

The most important part of filmmaking is the collaboration and the ensemble element of it. If you just all focus on the…

— Nina Jacobson

Sometimes I work in my office, just reading material, meeting writers, working on scripts. Other times, I'm on location. There's a lot…

— Nina Jacobson

When I became a producer, I told myself I will finally be able to bring my dog to work.

— Nina Jacobson

The majority of people are straight, and movies, with their bigger budgets and burdensome marketing costs, will try to appeal to as…

— Nina Jacobson

In the evolution of the [The Hunger Games] movie, Gary [Ross] and I talked a lot about tonal bandwidth and making sure…

— Nina Jacobson

The reality is that diversity as an overall subject has to continue to be addressed onscreen. That goes beyond having a gay…

— Nina Jacobson

The more women and people of color who find positions of influence, the more women and people of color who will find…

— Nina Jacobson

I think a lot of what I loved being a studio executive was the variety and freedom. But now, as a producer,…

— Nina Jacobson

I was an executive before I was a producer, and I've seen franchise fever grow, over the course of my career. The…

— Nina Jacobson

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

I think that one of the greatest perspectives that I have, from being a buyer for my whole career until I became…

— Nina Jacobson

I felt that with each movie, Gary [Ross] adopts a different style. He doesn't have one look that's the Gary Ross look,…

— Nina Jacobson

[On The Hunger Games success]: "It hit on the zeitgeist of the disparity b/w the haves and have nots.

— Nina Jacobson

I never had to put myself in somebody else's shoes.

— Nina Jacobson

Dogs in the office are very important.

— Nina Jacobson

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

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

I realized so much of my college years were spent not wanting to be gay. I just imagined how different it would…

— Nina Jacobson