If the movie [The Hunger Games] were stylized violence that was pretty and fun and cool, which is great when you go see 300 or The Matrix, it would j….

I 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 ….

We both [with Suzanne Collins ] felt strongly that you wouldn't want to age up the characters, no matter the age of the actors playing the roles. The….

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..

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 ….

I love the Hunger Games books. Certainly, the fans are there. They're grown enormously since the beginning. When I first brought the books to Lionsga….

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 ….

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

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 mo….

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 styl….

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 ….

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

[On the racial backlash about Hunger Games casting]: "People should have ignored the five racist idiots..

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

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 stor….

I was focused on The Hunger Games movie with my director, with the studio, and with the cast and crew. We all just focused on making the best possibl….

We didn't want to dilute or soften the material because that would really be irresponsible, in its own way. The [Hunger Games] books are very intense….

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 t….

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

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 invo….

The most important part of filmmaking is the collaboration and the ensemble element of it. If you just all focus on the task and the work and try and….