The underlying MESSAGE of the Neighborhood is that if somebody cares about you, it's POSSIBLE that you'll care about OTHERS. 'You are special, and so is your neighbor' - that part is essential: that you're not the only special person in the world. The person you happen to be with at the moment is LOVED, too.
Read MoreI loved making 'The Hunger Games' - it was the happiest experience of my professional life. Lionsgate was supportive of me in a manner that few DIRECTORS ever experience in a franchise: they empowered me to make the FILM I wanted to make and backed the movie in a way that requires no explanation BEYOND the remarkable RESULTS.
Read MoreIf you distill the essence of everything, what life is about, EVERY single one of us is given a short MOMENT in time on this PLANET, and we all have one universal NEED and desire, and that is to be loved and to love. And to deny that for your own political expediency, I don't want to live in that column. It ain't worth it.
Read MoreWe can be shiny and PERFECT and admired, or we can be REAL and honest and VULNERABLE and LOVED. But we actually do have to choose.
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