Paul Dergarabedian Quotes on People (12 Quotes)

This is a film that builds through word of mouth and critical acclaim. People want to see what all the fuss is about.

The movies didn't inspire people as much as they did last year. People are being more careful about how they spend their discretionary income with gas at 3 a gallon.

It's a respectable opening. You can't underestimate the following that Terry Gilliam has. Whether the movie was delayed for a year or two, people just want to see what he's going to put on the screen. Having a name like Matt Damon doesn't hurt, either.

People are pulled in so many directions. We're all trying to find enough time in the day to get our music fix, food fix, movie fix, and there's only so much time in the day or week to do that. . . . The trick is to make your entertainment option the most desirable.

Believe me, when 'Star Wars' comes out, people will drop everything and come to the theater.

I think it has more to do with product than any other factor because, look, last summer huge summer, ... There were DVDs. The ticket prices were high. The concession prices were high. But people were lining up for those movies more than they are this year because of the movies more than anything.

This is a movie that's a conversation piece. People are going to be telling other people, quoting different lines and scenes. That's what's going to sustain it in the marketplace.

At the end of the day, the language may be offensive to some people, but the movies are harmless. A lesson is learned, someone grows up a little and there's a good moral. Everyone goes home happy.

Audiences today are kind of jaded. The younger audience, teenagers, are looking for edgy comedy. People love animals, but that doesn't guarantee they're going to line up around the block to see a movie about animals.

It's a sensitivity issue -- it's sort of in the eye of the beholder in terms of how closely someone might associate this movie with the real-life events in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. They'll put it out there, people will be able to decide whether it's something they want to see, it'll have its run and that'll be that.

To have such a strong Thanksgiving and the second-best ever business in what has overall been a down year is pretty impressive. Thank goodness for Harry Potter . It has reinvigorated a lot of people to go to the movies.

People are very selective right now about how they are choosing to spend their discretionary income.