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" The typical output deal from a studio is 10 to 14 movies a year. "

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" Being able to compete for consumers' attention and dollars over the preciousness of access is a thing of the past. Everyone is using the Internet to globally market a product. "

" There's not a lot of really great, deep, serialized television, and we can see from the data that that's what people want. "

" 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. "

" It's a massive consumer frustration around the world about how long they have to wait after the U.S. to see television shows and movies. In the U.S., there's the frustration of having to wait a year to watch a movie in the format that you choose. "

" We're closer to HBO than we are to the entire grid of cable on demand. "

" The star of 'Narcos' and the director and creator of 'Narcos' are both Brazilian superstars. So Brazil has received 'Narcos' particularly well as it's been well-received around the world. "

" To me, cinema is not a movie or a TV screen, and it's not a seat in a building versus one in your living room. It's the art of motion pictures. "

" 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. "

" Adam Sandler is a remarkable movie brand. "

" What if you could radically alter the way stories get told? What if the way people wanted to consume content actually changed what you could make? "

" I feel like if we can use the combination of basically data-driven hunches and bet on really first-class talent to deliver the shows, that I think we could do as well as the networks do, who basically have a 75 to 80 percent failure rate for new shows anyway - even after all that development and pilot work. "

" The longer people watch Netflix and the longer they stay members - they're the criteria of success for us. "

" I think being a partner with the studios and networks and, more importantly, being a great source for consumers to watch that programming is always going to be a part of our programming mix. "

" Typically on a TV series, the writers on a show are writing for their life almost every episode. When someone sits down to write a Netflix show, they know there's going to be a 13th hour. "

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" On Friday night, if you want to go out on a date with your wife or your girlfriend, nothing on Netflix competes with that, right? Because you're getting out; that's what you're doing. If you don't want to put your shoes on, nothing in the cinema competes with the worst thing on Netflix. "

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

" There's no such thing as 'too much TV,' unless we're all spending more and not watching more. "

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" The best way to really make the VPN issue a completely nonissue is through global licensing that we are continuing to pursue with our partners. "

" We expect 'Narcos' will be an enormous success throughout everywhere in the world and maybe out-index in Latin America, given the Brazilian star and Brazilian director and heavy Latin American cast and that we shot the show entirely on location in Colombia. "

" When we say a show is successful, it's because, relative to the investment, it's successful, relative to how else we would have spent that money on licensing something else, does this creation - did it attract the audience that it was built for. "

" Our feature film, 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Two,' has a built-in fan base from the original film. "

" Typically, if you buy a studio with a library, their library is pretty well licensed out many years in advance, so you are not really gaining access to the programming in that way. "

" What I didn't want to do is get into a ratings race with television because really, for them, it matters. For me, it doesn't. "

" 'Walking Dead' has done great on Netflix, but to pay for the full output deal just to get 'Walking Dead' didn't make sense. "

" David Fincher's work has all been incredibly well-received on Netflix, and Kevin Spacey's films have all worked on Netflix. "

" We are anxious and open to all forms of doing business in China. "