24 Gary Ross Quotes for You to Enjoy

Gary Ross

American Actor

Born: Nov 3, 1956

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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. Gary Ross

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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. 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. Gary Ross

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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. 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. Gary Ross

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'Harry Potter' created a generation of readers in an era when kids could have disappeared into the depths of the Internet. That's no small feat. Every book series owes J.K. Rowling a debt of gratitude. Gary Ross

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

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I mean, in 'Big' and 'Pleasantville,' it's a journey that the characters go on where I think they come to kind of meet themselves at the end and who they actually are and give full voice to who they actually are. And that, you know, obviously fascinates me for some reason. Maybe I didn't adequately grow up. Gary Ross

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If there's a 13- or 14-year old kid who is yearning for something beyond the social forces in his own world, in his own neighborhood, the library is the only place where he can go to find that. It was exciting and thrilling to me all the time I worked in the library. It's such a force for social good and it can do so much. Gary Ross

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Obviously I love 'The Godfather' movies. I think they're phenomenal. Gary Ross

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The great seats of power tend to be wide and open, not vertical and soaring. Red Square, Tiananmen Square, the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin - all massive but with large open spaces that project an image of might. Gary Ross

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History is full of examples of people who clamp down after they began to enjoy too much freedom. Freedom can lead to instability, anarchy, and confusion. So there can be a moral counter-revolution. Gary Ross

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'Pleasantville' seems tonally ambitious, but it can handle a wide breadth of tone because it's so fanciful. Gary Ross

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I tend to love actors. I was trained as an actor first so I'm drawn to actors. Gary Ross

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I love design-based stuff. I dug it in 'Pleasantville' and dug it in 'Seabiscuit.' Gary Ross

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