Nobody roots for people who presume success. You have to earn success, and success is earned by making a movie that audiences like and want to see more of. Nina Jacobson More Quotes by Nina Jacobson More Quotes From Nina Jacobson It's an exciting time, when you can make your movie on a cellphone. If it's good, it WILL get noticed. Nina Jacobson cellphoneifsexciting 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 impactpowerfulboys I'm very superstitious. I come from a family that's big on not painting the nursery until the baby is home. Nina Jacobson nursehomebaby Women are making strides in many areas and women have mentored and supported me along the way. I think that women are underrepresented behind the camera as directors. Nina Jacobson camerasdirectorsthinking 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 buyers mentality. Nina Jacobson perspectivecareersthinking Ultimately, only audiences decide what's a franchise. Nina Jacobson audience I can't imagine Hunger Games, even with its very popular books, being nearly a success that it's been without Jen Lawrence being the perfect person to play that role - a very modern celebrity, a very down-to-earth, accessible, celebrity. Nina Jacobson gamesplaybook Ultimately, I am very filmmaker oriented, as a producer. Nina Jacobson filmmakerproducers [On the racial backlash about Hunger Games casting]: "People should have ignored the five racist idiots. Nina Jacobson should-havegamespeople [On The Hunger Games success]: "It hit on the zeitgeist of the disparity b/w the haves and have nots. Nina Jacobson zeitgeisthungergames Suzanna Collins was very supportive, but we very much wanted her blessing on casting. In production, she visited us once, but she really was not involved in the production process. She's seen the Hunger Games movie twice, in the post-production process, once as an early cut and then once when it was finished. Nina Jacobson cuttingblessinggames 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 breakforeversleep 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 welcomeauthorshipcommunity In the evolution of the [The Hunger Games] movie, Gary [Ross] and I talked a lot about tonal bandwidth and making sure that the look and feel and style and choices of the movie stayed within a certain consistent bandwidth. Nina Jacobson stylechoicesgames When you read a book [The Hunger Games], 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. In the book, it's great when she can push a button and food comes up, as per your order. Nina Jacobson readingorderbook 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 gamesbookway Little decisions were made, every day. In this movie [The Hunger Games], we really focused on Cinna and we didn't get time to focus on the other stylist. Nina Jacobson focusdecisiongames I'm an ardent fan. All I really had to do was put myself in my own shoes. Nina Jacobson shoesmy-ownfans I never had to put myself in somebody else's shoes. Nina Jacobson shoes 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 smartideasthinking
