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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 Lionsgate, they had sold about 150,000 copies, which is a very good result for a YA book. And to their credit, Lionsgate was very excited and committed to the movie, from the beginning.

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

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

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

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