Nina Jacobson Quotes & Sayings

“I know many filmmakers, and shooting in IMAX is challenging. Filmmakers love the vividness and power of those big images.”

“It's definitely a tough blow to your morale to get fired.”

“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.”

“When you're younger and you see something that really speaks to you, it's indelible in a way that's not the same as when you're an adult. So I'll always love reading books and making movies that resonate with young people.”

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

“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.”

“I've been fortunate enough to match up the material I'm producing with the right buyer, the company that will make it and that wants it, and that isn't saying yes to be nice, but is saying yes because they want and need that movie and it's going to be important on their slate.”

“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.”

“I am happy to keep working on books because I'm always reading, and I'm always trying to fall in love.”

“I think that women are underrepresented behind the camera as directors.”