Robert Osborne Quotes

The kids have all seen it on DVD or videotape.

If you have a smartphone, you can give content to the world. The days of putting a movie in movie theaters because people don't have a choice is over.

My manager called me and said, 'Hey, there's a series at Neflix.' I'm like, 'Netflix? Oh, boy.' At that time, it was just a strange thing to hear. It's like going, 'There's a series at Blockbuster.'

There will be more chances for films to be released through streaming services, such as Netflix.

I shot this wonderful picture called American Saint a couple of years ago, which is still looking for release.

Now it's all about the word of mouth, and watching a series on Netflix. That's the way people actually consume this stuff now, instead of waiting for a DVD release you're not really sure you want to buy. And I think it's fantastic, because then I can watch the shows that I missed, over a weekend. I love doing that.

Once a film is made and it exists, someone somewhere is going to watch it and that is kind of the magic of it all.

One of the things that's driving films in a particular direction is that the after market value of them is dropping really fast and in many segments of it, not just DVDs. Pay television is dropping.

Rock gives children, on a silver platter, with all the public authority of the entertainment industry, everything their parents always used to tell them they had to wait for until they grew up and would understand later.

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

We released 'The Interview' through a variety of platforms, and we continue to look for other distribution options. Throughout this whole process, we never stopped - not for a single moment - trying to secure a broad release. Our studio takes great pride in continuing to grow the release of this movie and making it a success.

The people that watch or buy music or listen to TV, I don't think they separate the two as much as the people that are in charge of the production of it.

I've always been suspicious of TV, I've always found music and video to be an unhappy marriage.

I don't read the press, I don't watch endless music TV.

I have Netflix, but I don't watch television.

Music is my heart, but I see television and more movies in the next stage of my life.

Why not premiere movies on Netflix the same day they're opening in theaters? Listen to the consumer; give the consumer what they want.

I don't think people really do listen. We plug into music, and we have short attention spans. We tend to download individual tracks from iTunes rather than a whole album. We buy music DVDs and watch them once, and then they disappear into a drawer, or we loan them to a friend, and we never watch it again.

The home viewing experience is slightly different and there's room for these kinds of extra excursions.

The idea of a film staying in theaters for a year is something of a fantasy today.

TV, in particular cable channels, has assumed the role of independent film.

The movie business is very twisted, out of site, out of mind, you know.

You know, when we were kids, we had to go to a theater to see a movie. And then television came in and you had to wait until midnight to see the one you wanted to see. Now, all you've got to do is go to a store and buy it and you can watch it whenever you want!

The fact is, it's hard to release movies.

When you look at what we spend on entertainment, whether it's on CDs, music, DVDs, there is so much money invested in that, people want to know a little more about the stars they're paying to see or hear.