If you look at the opening of Private Ryan, you are so in the point of view of those guys and there is a whole world swirling all around them. You are learning that geography as they are learning it. – Gary Ross
Dr. Strangelove was and is one of my favorite movies ever, and I just cant believe they actually blew up the world after that. – Gary Ross
You cant tell your kids to read if youre just watching television. They have to see you read. And in that respect, I think its important to walk the walk. Its a wonderful shared time. – Gary Ross
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
The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win and their participants know it. Hence, rioting is not revolutionary but reactionary because it invites defeat. It involves an emotional catharsis, but it must be followed by a sense of futility. – Martin Luther King, Jr.