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I think movies do play a valuable role in turning people on to the

I think movies do play a valuable role in turning people on to the act of reading. I think that phenomenon just creates readers. At first theyre going to love Harry Potter, or they may love The Hunger Games, but after that, theyre going to love the act of reading and wonder, What else can I read? – Gary Ross

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Really, each era has its own false nostalgia. We all put a picket fence up around something. For my generation it was the 50s, and for other generations it will be something else. Change is scary for everyone, as is complexity, contradiction, and an uncertain future. – Gary Ross

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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

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I dont understand people who dream in black and white. I just dont get it. My dreams have always been vivid color. – Gary Ross

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A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake. – Alfred Hitchcock

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Movies are like magic tricks. – Jeff Bridges

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I think movies have much more magic than the theater. Theater can be a magical experience, but movies thrust their subjectivity on you in a more profound way. – Zoe Kazan

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Violent behavior exists in ones psychological makeup much deeper than the level that receives information from television or movies. – Richard King

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