Telling a story in a futuristic world gives you this freedom to explore things that bother you in contemporary times.

What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again.

District 12: Where you can starve to death in safety.

The star-crossed lovers

Hope, it is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective, a lot of hope is dangerous.

My nightmares are usually about losing you. I'm okay once I realize you're here.

So it's you and a syringe against the Capitol? See, this is why no one lets you make the plans.

Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor.

It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart.

I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now and live in it forever.

To this day, I can never shake the connection between this boy, Peeta Mellark, and the bread that gave me hope, and the dandelion that reminded me that I was not doomed.

It is as true as anything else which can be spoken to say that all knowledge is really available everywhere.

Popular culture has made it okay to yell "I want a man!" from the rooftops, so why are we still embarrassed to say, "I want a best friend"?

I think you get better at staring into space. Especially living in the South of France.

Too rigid scruples are concealed pride.

But you were Mine. My child. And I would not give you up.

All grand thoughts come from the heart.

With digital, you can shoot longer, take more risks.

I don't understand what I did wrong except live a life that everyone is jealous of.

Lot of the scripts I've been in with other non-white actors haven't been great. Lot of non-white actors ain't all that great.

Delays, disappointments and defeats cause quitters to give up in resignation; losers, to give in the frustration; winners, to come through with determination.