Gary Ross
Gary Ross
Gary Ross is an American film director, writer, and author. He directed the film The Hunger Games, as well as Pleasantville and the Best Picture nominated Seabiscuit...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth3 November 1956
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
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What works about fairy tales is that they endure, and the great thing about fairy tales is that you can explore big, epic things that you can't really explore in other situations.
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I don't understand people who dream in black and white. I just don't get it. My dreams have always been vivid color.
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I loved making 'The Hunger Games' - it was the happiest experience of my professional life. Lionsgate was supportive of me in a manner that few directors ever experience in a franchise: they empowered me to make the film I wanted to make and backed the movie in a way that requires no explanation beyond the remarkable results.
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I mean, what is racism? Racism is a projection of our own fears onto another person. What is sexism? It's our own vulnerability about our potency and masculinity projected as our need to subjugate another person, you know? Fascism, the same thing: People are trying to untidy our state, so I legislate as a way of controlling my environment.
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There is plenty of crude but this will stoke fears of a supply crunch. There is no doubt prices will go higher.
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There is plenty of crude, but this will stoke fears of a supply crunch. There is no doubt prices will go higher.
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What's scary is that we're just moving out of the lowest period of demand for the year and OPEC at full stretch was unable to keep prices down,
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World demand in the second half will average 3 million barrels a day more than in the second quarter.
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From a supply and demand point of view, they can't materially affect the balances.
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Family entertainment is really very necessary in our culture. Look how profitable they are. It's almost not discretionary. You need to take your family to the movies.
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My guess is that OPEC will get a deal by the end of the week, but their lack of clarity has led to this thing taking longer than it should have.
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Obviously I love 'The Godfather' movies. I think they're phenomenal.
My '50s were different than other people's '50s. The myth didn't permeate our world, 'Donna Reed' and all that. I longed for that, I wanted to be like other normal families on TV.
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There's something so wonderful about writing in rhyme where it isn't just the meaning of the words, it's the music to the words and the shape and the sound.