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

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 more of.

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 stories get made.

I'm very superstitious. I come from a family that's big on not painting the nursery until the baby is home.

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 good understanding of the buyers mentality.

Ultimately, only audiences decide what's a franchise.

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.

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

Women are making strides in many areas and women have mentored and supported me along the way. I think that women are underrepresented behind the camera as directors.

Power lacks moral or principles. It only has interests.

SOMETIMES WHAT WE WANT BUT CANT GET IT, EVEN WE DO NOT TRY TO GET IT. AT LAST WE SATISFIED JUST FAILURE.

Your ego is your strictest judge.

Lecturing Brooks was as useful as lecturing a cat.

I strive to create drum samples that have a variety of engineering and capturing options in order to build a unique drum sound.

John Le Mesurier wishes it to be known that he conked out on November 15th. He sadly misses family and friends.

I'm a golfer - not an athlete.

You cannot make friends of your enemies by making enemies of your friends.

Prayer is not about changing God, but being willing to let God change us.

Zen is the way of complete self-realization; a living human being who follows the way of Zen can attain satori and then live a new life as a Buddha.