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You have to listen to the movie while you're making it. I think that's important.

~Gary Ross

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'Dr. Strangelove' was and is one of my favorite movies ever, and I just can't believe they actually blew up the world after that.

~Gary Ross

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It's interesting - in 'Fail Safe,' as well, they didn't back off. We were raised with kind of this spectrum of that Armageddon and lived under it, so those were probably the films. 'Fail Safe' sort of haunted me.

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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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Despite recent speculation in the media, and after difficult but sincere consideration, I have decided not to direct 'Catching Fire.' As a writer and a director, I simply don't have the time I need to write and prep the movie I would have wanted to make, because of the fixed and tight production schedule.

~Gary Ross

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Why is every great children's story about a journey? Maybe that's because we are always on one.

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Most modern science fiction went to school on 'Dune.' Even 'Harry Potter' with its 'boy protagonist who has not yet grown into his destiny' shares a common theme. When I read it for the first time, I felt like I had learned another language, mastered a new culture, adopted a new religion.

~Gary Ross

Topics: Adopted Another Boy Common Culture Destiny Even Felt Fiction First First Time Grown Had Harry Harry Potter His Language Learned Like Mastered Modern Modern Science Most New Potter Protagonist Read Religion School Science Science Fiction Shares Theme Time Who

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Ultimately, so much Dr. Seuss is about empowerment. He invites us to disappear into our imagination and then blows the doors off what that can mean.

~Gary Ross

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I mean, the wonderful thing about writing a book is that you're getting a finished product at the end of the day. You're communicating directly with the reader.

~Gary Ross

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There's nothing I'd rather do than sort of, you know, sit at my computer and rhyme.

~Gary Ross

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: November 3rd, 1956

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