Getting movies developed doesn’t do me any good as a producer. It only does me good to get movies made. Nina Jacobson Read Quote
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 buyer’s mentality. Nina Jacobson Read Quote
My daughter and I have this thing we call a PMA: ‘perfect moment alert.’ I try to really notice when we’re having a PMA. Nina Jacobson Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Anytime that someone defies the status quo and defies oppression, it feels like a step in the right direction. Nina Jacobson Read Quote
I’m very superstitious. I come from a family that’s big on not painting the nursery until the baby is home. Nina Jacobson Read Quote
To me, a great story well told is a great story well told, and just because the protagonist is a young adult doesn’t mean that story has less merit or worth than if the protagonist is a full-grown adult. Nina Jacobson Read Quote
Our young people live in a world in which there’s violence wherever you turn. Nina Jacobson Read Quote
When you read a book, you create that tonal bandwidth. You set a tone for yourself, as you’re reading it, in which everything exists within the world of your imagination. Nina Jacobson Read Quote
