I am very filmmaker oriented, as a producer. I think the most important thing is that you have to really choose the players carefully.

Ultimately, I am very filmmaker oriented, as a producer.

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.

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.

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.

[On The Hunger Games success]: "It hit on the zeitgeist of the disparity b/w the haves and have nots.

You are there to support the vision of the people who you choose to excute the movie.