The "If you build it, they will come" approach to filmmaking has always been helpful to me.
Nina JacobsonI felt that there were so many things that could go wrong, in adapting The Hunger Games , and I had this fierce desire to protect this book that she had written. At that time, I read the second book, in manuscript form, and so I saw where she was going with the series. I was able to convince Suzanne [Collins] to trust me with the books.
Nina JacobsonNobody 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 JacobsonOnly audiences decide what's a franchise. Only audiences decide what's a hit. I have always been mindful of not wanting to be the Miami Heat of movies.
Nina Jacobson