Nina Jacobson - There is a young fella who works for me, named Brian Unkeless, who's very s

There is a young fella who works for me, named Brian Unkeless, who's very smart. We're a very small company that has been Brian and me and two assistants, although we're growing a little bit now. He read the [The Hunger Games] book and loved it, and told me I should read it. He had been a fan of the Gregor books. So, I read it and couldn't put it down and couldn't stop thinking about it. I really became obsessed with the thought of producing it, and was completely bothered by the idea that anybody but me could produce it.

- Nina Jacobson

source: "Producer Nina Jacobson Talks THE HUNGER GAMES, Sequels, the Violence, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. March 12, 2012.