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Nina Jacobson Quotes
![It was very important to me to choose a director like Gary [Ross], whose instincts come from character, who’s a storyteller, and who puts characters first Picture Quote #1](https://img.picturequotes.com/2/713/712020/712020.webp "It was very important to me to choose a director like Gary [Ross], whose instincts come from character, who’s a storyteller, and who puts characters first Picture Quote #1")
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![Being able to just stick to our instincts and honor the [Hunger Games] books and find a way to stay the course of trying to make the best possible decisions that you would make creatively on any movie, without having your head turned too much by all of the interest, has been a great challenge. It’s the best challenge you could ask for, but that was a big challenge Picture Quote #1](https://img.picturequotes.com/2/821/820517/820517.webp "Being able to just stick to our instincts and honor the [Hunger Games] books and find a way to stay the course of trying to make the best possible decisions that you would make creatively on any movie, without having your head turned too much by all of the interest, has been a great challenge. It’s the best challenge you could ask for, but that was a big challenge Picture Quote #1")
![We didn’t want to dilute or soften the material because that would really be irresponsible, in its own way. The [Hunger Games] books are very intense and very demanding of the reader, and the movie should be that too Picture Quote #1](https://img.picturequotes.com/2/821/820518/820518.webp "We didn’t want to dilute or soften the material because that would really be irresponsible, in its own way. The [Hunger Games] books are very intense and very demanding of the reader, and the movie should be that too Picture Quote #1")
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![You’re not doing the scene exactly the way it is in the book [The Hunger Games], but the intention of the scene is there Picture Quote #1](https://img.picturequotes.com/2/895/894154/894154.webp "You’re not doing the scene exactly the way it is in the book [The Hunger Games], but the intention of the scene is there Picture Quote #1")
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![It was very important to me to choose a director like Gary [Ross], whose instincts come from character, who’s a storyteller, and who puts characters first Picture Quote #1](https://img.picturequotes.com/2/989/988756/988756.webp "It was very important to me to choose a director like Gary [Ross], whose instincts come from character, who’s a storyteller, and who puts characters first Picture Quote #1")
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I think that women are underrepresented behind the camera as directors (Nina Jacobson Quotes)
I never had to put myself in somebody else’s shoes (Nina Jacobson Quotes)
It’s definitely a tough blow to your morale to get fired (Nina Jacobson Quotes)
The If you build it, they will come approach to filmmaking has always been helpful to me (Nina Jacobson Quotes)
It was very important to me to choose a director like Gary [Ross], whose instincts come from character, who’s a storyteller, and who puts characters first (Nina Jacobson Quotes)
It’s an exciting time, when you can make your movie on a cellphone. If it’s good, it WILL get noticed (Nina Jacobson Quotes)
The most powerful decision-making part of the audience is women. Boys have a lot of impact on the industry, but it’s often women who impact what stories get made (Nina Jacobson Quotes)
The most important part of filmmaking is the collaboration and the ensemble element of it. If you just all focus on the task and the work and try and make the best film that you can then people will come (Nina Jacobson Quotes)
The hiring of Phil Messina, the production designer, was a big decision. He’s so gifted, and his ideas were always so smart and rooted in American history and architecture. Nothing feels like it’s not us, or couldn’t be us, and I think that’s very important (Nina Jacobson Quotes)
Being able to just stick to our instincts and honor the [Hunger Games] books and find a way to stay the course of trying to make the best possible decisions that you would make creatively on any movie, without having your head turned too much by all of the interest, has been a great challenge. It’s the best challenge you could ask for, but that was a big challenge (Nina Jacobson Quotes)
We didn’t want to dilute or soften the material because that would really be irresponsible, in its own way. The [Hunger Games] books are very intense and very demanding of the reader, and the movie should be that too (Nina Jacobson Quotes)
I love the Hunger Games books. Certainly, the fans are there. They’re grown enormously since the beginning. When I first brought the books to Lionsgate, they had sold about 150,000 copies, which is a very good result for a YA book. And to their credit, Lionsgate was very excited and committed to the movie, from the beginning (Nina Jacobson Quotes)
I was focused on The Hunger Games movie with my director, with the studio, and with the cast and crew. We all just focused on making the best possible movie we could, and earning the right to do more (Nina Jacobson Quotes)
I’ve always tried to really focus on The Hunger Games movie, knowing that, yes, these are amazing books and I would feel like a failure, if I didn’t get all three of them made. (Nina Jacobson Quotes)
I am very filmmaker oriented, as a producer. I think the most important thing is that you have to really choose the players carefully (Nina Jacobson Quotes)
I’m very superstitious. I come from a family that’s big on not painting the nursery until the baby is home. (Nina Jacobson Quotes)
Suzanne Collins, it was such a big thing for me to make the handshake with her and to say, ‘You can trust me. I will not screw up your books. And I won’t let them be diluted and softened. And I won’t let them be exploited and made guilty of the sins that are being commented on in the books.’ I take that really seriously. (Nina Jacobson Quotes)
You’re not doing the scene exactly the way it is in the book [The Hunger Games], but the intention of the scene is there. (Nina Jacobson Quotes)
As a producer, you can’t break up w/your own project. It’s like sleeping with someone that you don’t like... Forever. (Nina Jacobson Quotes)
When you read a book, you create that tonal bandwidth. You set a tone for yourself, as you’re reading it, in which everything exists within the world of your imagination. (Nina Jacobson Quotes)
Getting movies developed doesn’t do me any good as a producer. It only does me good to get movies made. (Nina Jacobson Quotes)
It was very important to me to choose a director like Gary [Ross], whose instincts come from character, who’s a storyteller, and who puts characters first. (Nina Jacobson Quotes)
I think that one of the greatest perspectives that I have, from being a buyer for my whole career until I became a producer, is that I have a pretty good understanding of the buyer’s mentality. (Nina Jacobson Quotes)
There’s as much great authorship in the filmmaker community as in the literary community, and I’d love to welcome more filmmakers into the fold. (Nina Jacobson Quotes)
I am happy to keep working on books because I’m always reading, and I’m always trying to fall in love. (Nina Jacobson Quotes)
My daughter and I have this thing we call a PMA: ‘perfect moment alert.’ I try to really notice when we’re having a PMA. (Nina Jacobson Quotes)
You are there to support the vision of the people who you choose to excute the movie (Nina Jacobson Quotes)
I am happy to keep working on books because I’m always reading, and I’m always trying to fall in love (Nina Jacobson Quotes)
I know many filmmakers, and shooting in IMAX is challenging. Filmmakers love the vividness and power of those big images (Nina Jacobson Quotes)
When you read a book, you create that tonal bandwidth. You set a tone for yourself, as you’re reading it, in which everything exists within the world of your imagination (Nina Jacobson Quotes)
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