Gary Ross (born November 3, 1956) is an American film director, writer, and author. He directed the film The Hunger Games, as well as Pleasantville and the Best Picture nominated Seabiscuit. Read full biography of Gary Ross →
I mean, what is racism? Racism is a projection of our own fears onto another person. What is sexism? It's our own vulnerability about our potency... →
History is full of examples of people who clamp down after they began to enjoy too much freedom. Freedom can lead to instability, anarchy, and... →
You can drain the life and nuances and complexity out of things by homogenizing them to make everything harmoniously dull, flat, conflict-free... →
In a complex and troubling world, who wouldn't want to simplify? Everybody does. Everybody wants to simplify and put up a picket fence.
'Harry Potter' created a generation of readers in an era when kids could have disappeared into the depths of the Internet. That's no... →
As time goes by the memories of sitting on the edge of a bed and reading aloud with your kid are going to be very meaningful in your own mental... →
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... →
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.
What works about fairy tales is that they endure, and the great thing about fairy tales is that you can explore big, epic things that you can't... →
I love all the old classic Disney movies. 'Pinocchio.' There are obviously tons of them that anybody growing up on that stuff takes with them... →
I don't understand people who dream in black and white. I just don't get it. My dreams have always been vivid color.
'Pleasantville' seems tonally ambitious, but it can handle a wide breadth of tone because it's so fanciful.
Despite recent speculation in the media, and after difficult but sincere consideration, I have decided not to direct 'Catching Fire.' As a... →
Gary Ross (born November 3, 1956) is an American film director, writer, and author. He directed the film The Hunger Games, as well as Pleasantville and the Best Picture nominated Seabiscuit.