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Nina Jacobson

American Businesswoman

Born: 1965

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Honestly, I don't think it's harder to be a producer as a woman. I think it helps me because I don't get bogged down in shows of male dominance that can sometimes get in the way of the best idea prevailing. Nina Jacobson

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When I love a book, I really love a book. You don't get that very often. Nina Jacobson

Love You Book Very Get Often Really

Suzanne Collins, it was such a big thing for me to make the handshake with her and to say, 'You can trust me. I will not screw up your books. And I won't let them be diluted and softened. And I won't let them be exploited and made guilty of the sins that are being commented on in the books.' I take that really seriously. Nina Jacobson

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It's definitely a tough blow to your morale to get fired. Nina Jacobson

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When doing family entertainment, you don't actually worry about kids. You know what you can't do. But in terms of sensibility and sophistication and wit and ambition, aim for your own taste level, and kids will - if they're interested in the subject matter - be glad that you did. Nina Jacobson

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There are still so few female directors. There are far fewer writers than we'd like to see. Nina Jacobson

Few See Directors Writers Like Female Still Than Fewer Far

Ultimately, I am very filmmaker oriented, as a producer. Nina Jacobson

Am Ultimately Very Producer Oriented Filmmaker

Ultimately, only audiences decide what's a franchise. Nina Jacobson

Franchise Only Audiences Ultimately Decide

I don't understand why people still behave as though making movies with female protagonists is risky, given that - hello - we do make up over 50 percent of the population, and we go to movies. Nina Jacobson

The more women and people of color who find positions of influence, the more women and people of color who will find positions of influence. So we need critical mass, and we're still working toward that. I won't be satisfied until we're at the 50-50 place, where we ought to be. Nina Jacobson

There is a variety of different kind of producers. I'm a very hands-on, creative producer. I find material that I think would make a good movie or TV show, find the right financier/studio/network, hire a writer, get a good script, find a director, and collaborate with him/her to cast the movie and hire department heads. Nina Jacobson

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As a studio executive, I took the approach that people are competent until proven otherwise. But when you make a movie, because there is so little time to fix things when they break, you have to almost come to it with the mindset that everyone is incompetent until proven otherwise. Nina Jacobson

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When I became a producer, I told myself I will finally be able to bring my dog to work. Nina Jacobson

Work Myself Dog Will Finally Able Became Producer Bring

The reality is that diversity as an overall subject has to continue to be addressed onscreen. That goes beyond having a gay superhero. There should be a black superhero, a Latino superhero and, while we're at it, we still aren't seeing nearly enough women behind the scenes and as the anchors of movies. Nina Jacobson

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I realized so much of my college years were spent not wanting to be gay. I just imagined how different it would be if I were going through that experience in 2016 as opposed to 1984. Nina Jacobson

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I've never adapted a book I didn't love. Nina Jacobson

Love Book Never Adapted

I think a lot of what I loved being a studio executive was the variety and freedom. But now, as a producer, you're much more able to enjoy those two things. What I loved about it doesn't necessarily exist anymore. Nina Jacobson

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