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 to the movies. Gary Ross More Quotes by Gary Ross More Quotes From Gary Ross 'Harry Potter' created a generation of readers in an era when kids could have disappeared into the depths of the Internet. That's no small feat. Every book series owes J.K. Rowling a debt of gratitude. Gary Ross gratitude kids book In a complex and troubling world, who wouldn't want to simplify? Everybody does. Everybody wants to simplify and put up a picket fence. Gary Ross doe want world Really, each era has its own false nostalgia. We all put a picket fence up around something. For my generation it was the '50s, and for other generations it will be something else. Change is scary for everyone, as is complexity, contradiction, and an uncertain future. Gary Ross eras generations scary There is no right way to live. You preclude a lot of life by trying to conform to that kind of ideal or stereotype. And it's a natural inclination in a world where it's so complex and so occasionally valueless, morally bankrupt, and chaotic that we want to reach back to something in our past. Gary Ross trying past world History is full of examples of people who clamp down after they began to enjoy too much freedom. Freedom can lead to instability, anarchy, and confusion. So there can be a moral counter-revolution. Gary Ross confusion example people You have to listen to the movie while you're making it. I think that's important. Gary Ross important thinking I think the CG is an instrument to create reality. I don't think it's an instrument to create a heightened reality. Gary Ross instruments reality thinking Really, each era has its own false nostalgia. We all put a picket fence up around something. For my generation it was the '50s, and for other generations it will be something else. Gary Ross fence nostalgia There are not many people on Team Gary. Actually, it's two people. My kids. Gary Ross team two kids Now, I just made an animated movie a few years ago, 'The Tale of Desperaux', and that had twelve hundred shots in it. Twelve hundred CG shots is a pretty big plan. Gary Ross twelve hundred years 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 to make because of the fixed and tight production schedule. Gary Ross writing directors needs I have some favorites. I love Chaplin; I mean I really love Chaplin. I just think there's a grace and an elegance that's almost never been matched. Gary Ross grace mean thinking You rarely get a tentpole that has this much emotional depth, this much character to dive into. Gary Ross emotional depth character Why is every great children's story about a journey? Maybe that's because we are always on one. Gary Ross journey healing children As time goes by the memories of sitting on the edge of a bed and reading aloud with your kid are going to be very meaningful in your own mental scrapbook. Gary Ross reading meaningful memories Any director, if you really ask them, will tell you that the toughest thing to do is like a dinner table or a dialogue scene because you need to keep that electricity maintained throughout the course of the film. Gary Ross tables directors needs Dr. Strangelove' was and is one of my favorite movies ever, and I just can't believe they actually blew up the world after that. Gary Ross drs believe world With budget needs at above $85 per barrel, the Saudis desperately need prices at above $70 per barrel, they also need to convince Russia that the strategy of output cuts makes sense despite the loss of market share to the United States. Gary Ross business It will be enough for now but not enough for the fourth quarter to address a decline in Iranian and Venezuelan exports, there isn't a lot of spare capacity in the world. If we lose a million bpd of output from Venezuela and Iran in the fourth quarter, where will all these barrels come from? We are in for higher prices for longer. Gary Ross top-news The Saudis trashed OPEC in Doha. But they realized they don't want to throw away decades of OPEC history and decided to be more cooperative. Gary Ross business