It was very important to me to choose a director like Gary [Ross], whose instincts come from character, who's a storyteller, and who puts characters first.

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

It's an exciting time, when you can make your movie on a cellphone. If it's good, it WILL get noticed.

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.

It was very important to me to choose a director like Gary [Ross], whose instincts come from character, who's a storyteller, and who puts characters first.

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.

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