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“I have a deep respect for the fundamentals of television, the traditions of it, even, but I don't have any reverence for it.”
“The Disney deal for us, we are very excited to be their Pay 1 partner, where we are a big licensing partner of Disney all over the world in all different windows.”
“The television business is based on managed dissatisfaction. You're watching a great television show you're really wrapped up in? You might get 50 minutes of watching a week and then 18,000 minutes of waiting until the next episode comes along.”
“Within the U.S., you could have argued that most people who watch 'Mad Men' would watch 'House of Cards.' But the viewing is much more on par with the large-scale mainstream things like 'The Walking Dead.' It was much younger than we thought.”
“The longer people watch Netflix and the longer they stay members - they're the criteria of success for us.”
“Our feature film, 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Two,' has a built-in fan base from the original film.”
“There's no such thing as 'too much TV,' unless we're all spending more and not watching more.”
“We're one of the largest employers in Canada for animation executives, and there is - I think something on the magnitude of $140 million a year be important to the Canadian economy producing animation for Netflix.”
“The major international appeal for 'House of Cards' was kind of a surprise because it's a very American show. What we learned is that American politics is very American, but greed and corruption and all of that is very global.”