“People don't come to Asheville very often, and they don't know I'm there. I enjoy it. I like it.” PeopleKnowsEnjoyAsheville Author:Jules Shear
“I was 16 when I came to New York. I had graduated to a tenor banjo in the school jazz band, and it was kind of boring - just chords, chords, chords. Then my father took me to a mountain music and dance festival in Asheville, North Carolina, and there I saw relatively uneducated people playing great music by ear.” PeopleKindSchoolFatherSawsNew YorkBandMountainEarsJazzBoringFestivalsChordsGreat MusicCarolinaUneducatedNorth CarolinaTenorsMusic And DanceBanjosJazz BandAsheville Author:Pete Seeger
“My mind was blown by how much I felt I was like Peeta. We shot in the forest near Asheville, North Carolina-a lot of fight scenes, very physically demanding. Jennifer and I totally hit it off. We're both crazy people-we don't hold anything back.” PeopleMindFightingFeltCrazySceneShotsForestsCarolinaPeetaJenniferNorth CarolinaCrazy PeopleAsheville Author:Josh Hutcherson
“I met people when we lived down in Raleigh who'd ask where I grew up, and I'd say about two hours west of Asheville, and they'd say they didn't know there was any North Carolina two hours west of Asheville. It was in many ways an isolated place.” PeopleKnowsWayTwoAsksHoursGrewMetsGrew UpWestIsolatedCarolinaNorth CarolinaRaleighIsolated PlacesAsheville Author:Charles Frazier
“We shot in a place called Asheville, which is like beautiful, beautiful forests. … And then part of it we shot all the reaping stuff, which was just crazy - because the reaping in the book and in the script is such an emotional thing for everyone. It really did feel like that when we were shooting it.” FeelsBookBeautifulStuffCrazyEmotionalShotsScriptsForestsShootingEmotional ThingsAsheville Author:Liam Hemsworth