Quote by Gary Ross
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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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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Imagination
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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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Change
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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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When I finally got up to Industrial Light And Magic to work on the Star Wars movies as a model-maker, it felt like dying and going to heaven. – Adam Savage

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I dont watch the movies I make, so I havent seen Footloose since it came out. You see this young, hungry actor, its pretty fun. I was the only one they screen tested. It was an attempt by the director and producer to talk the head of the studio into hiring me because they didnt want me. – Kevin Bacon

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The best movies are simple. – Shia LaBeouf

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movies

The movies that made me want to make movies were action movies, and thrillers, and Kurosawa films, you know, where you have an opportunity every day to shoot it in an unusual way. I was looking for something like that. – Lawrence Kasdan

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The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, sometimes one forgets which it is. – James Barrie

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Man was natures mistake she neglected to finish him and she has never ceased paying for her mistake. – Eric Hoffer

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Smiling is definitely one of the best beauty remedies. If you have a good sense of humor and a good approach to life, thats beautiful. – Rashida Jones

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I hope I can help guys come out and say, All right, dude, I got a manicure… and I liked it. – Ryan Seacrest

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