Gary Ross
Gary Ross
Gary Ross is an American film director, writer, and author. He directed the film The Hunger Games, as well as Pleasantville and the Best Picture nominated Seabiscuit...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth3 November 1956
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
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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 had learned another language, mastered a new culture, adopted a new religion.
drain life nuances
You can drain the life and nuances and complexity out of things by homogenizing them to make everything harmoniously dull, flat, conflict-free, strife-free.
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Ultimately, so much Dr. Seuss is about empowerment. He invites us to disappear into our imagination and then blows the doors off what that can mean.
fairy great tales works
What works about fairy tales is that they endure, and the great thing about fairy tales is that you can explore big, epic things that you can't really explore in other situations.
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I don't understand people who dream in black and white. I just don't get it. My dreams have always been vivid color.
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I loved making 'The Hunger Games' - it was the happiest experience of my professional life. Lionsgate was supportive of me in a manner that few directors ever experience in a franchise: they empowered me to make the film I wanted to make and backed the movie in a way that requires no explanation beyond the remarkable results.
fears legislate onto people projected projection subjugate trying
I mean, what is racism? Racism is a projection of our own fears onto another person. What is sexism? It's our own vulnerability about our potency and masculinity projected as our need to subjugate another person, you know? Fascism, the same thing: People are trying to untidy our state, so I legislate as a way of controlling my environment.
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They're playing with fire and it looks like they're going to get their fingers burned.
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You can't have these sort of prices without a substantial effect on demand.
bargaining position setting
I would think they are setting their bargaining position high, so that when they sit at the table, they can then compromise.
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I think it's great what they are doing. The clubs need this.
felt pressure public
I think they felt a little more pressure, and I think the pressure being more public made it more difficult.
love trained
I tend to love actors. I was trained as an actor first so I'm drawn to actors.
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They have to get compliance in order. With six million barrels a day of spare capacity they don't have any credibility in the market unless they can control spare capacity,