Nina Jacobson

“There's as much great authorship in the filmmaker community as in the literary community, and I'd love to welcome more filmmakers into the fold.”

“Honestly, I don't think it's harder to be a producer as a woman. I think it helps me because I don't get bogged down in shows of male dominance that can sometimes get in the way of the best...”

“The majority of people are straight, and movies, with their bigger budgets and burdensome marketing costs, will try to appeal to as many people as they can. As the means of production and di...”

“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. An...”

“Ultimately, mentorship plays such a big role in breaking directors that successful male directors tend to reach the helping hand to guys who remind them of themselves. We need more women dir...”

“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 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.”