Patton Oswalt Quotes

You know, I'm almost out of the habit of watching episodic television now.

We need Netflix. We in the independent sector more than anybody need Netflix, because they care about what we do.

Netflix, Amazon, iTunes - whatever platforms emerge - we are looking at as having the same potential that home video had for the movie business. Which means there are entirely new opportunities to monetize our capital investment in content and do so in ways that work for distributors, for consumers and for creators.

I don't think, by the way, that any network would have given us their show to release all 13 episodes once ahead of them, and the same way, I don't think any studio will give us their movies to release the same day they are in the theaters - not yet, not yet.

Independent filmmakers already have their heads around people on their couches watching their movies.

I don't have TiVo, and I actually don't watch a lot of TV, honestly.

Pretty soon we will no longer have movies. We will have television series only.

I had kind of sworn off network TV a while ago.

I know so many people who actually just watch television on their computers now and don't even really watch their TV anymore.

It is a significant acknowledgment that the way people are watching television is changing and the model is quickly changing.

Hulu is about the shows, not the networks. The shows are the brands that users care about.

What hasn't surprised me is that audiences, as we found starting with box sets, want control, to decide how they watch it. Appointment viewing is slowly being put slightly behind.

We in the independent sector more than anybody need Netflix, because they care about what we do.

I think that with these streaming shows, sometimes it takes a little time for everybody to - because they know they have time, you know it's up there - you'll get to it when you get to it. It sort of like, 'Oh, it's on my list.'

We all consume Netflix and other streaming services in different ways. Sometimes, it's a movie you're really going to focus on; other times, it's background noise to something else, where you won't really pay attention.

People already have tons of regular TV. They don't need more of that.

We're in this really different world of television where everybody is binge watching, and it almost doesn't matter where you're airing.

I used to watch TV in the days that I was on TV. But in that time, streaming has come along. So I can honestly say, I have no idea what's on real-time TV.

TV and appointment viewing is a thing of the past for the youth.

I think the water cooler is more important than ever. "Oh, did you hear that 'Inside Amy Schumer' is fabulous?" Where do you find it? It's on Netflix, it's on iTunes, it's on places nobody ever heard of five years ago.

I'm not a huge TV person, but when I do watch, it's always after the fact because I like to binge watch.

I'm not one of those people who only believe in the Netflix model. I go see films in the theater and love that experience and don't want it to ever die. But I like that Netflix exists, and you can discover so many different types of movies and TV and content you wouldn't have access to.

I really like streaming services. It's a great way for people to find your music.

With the blessing of social media and platforms like Amazon Prime and Netflix, you get this broad audience that I don't think we knew about when we were kids.

The generation who will watch 'Not Safe For Work', my generation, don't care who plays a part.