24 Quotes by Bruce Snyder

It was an unknown quantity. People didn't know the story, didn't know about the performances. It needed to be in theaters and get people talking before they were going to buy a copy to keep forever.

Rather than being one of five blockbusters in June, we wanted to be the one right now and that's what's happened, It's still fantastic with a blizzard going on. All the pictures got clobbered and will get clobbered today. But what are you going to do? That's June in February. It was June in February for two days. On the third day, it became February!

The breakdown is wonderful -- 56 percent male and 44 percent female, which for something that starts out as a comic book is pretty amazing. The demographics on age are also surprising -- 48 percent under 25 and 52 percent over 25. That, I think, has to do with the spectacular reviews. The playability of the movie is wonderful and it's a great kickoff to summer.

Although we strongly support a more significant increase, we have to look at what's going on in the legislature. We have to be pragmatic and look at the practicality of it.

There will always be people who move here, find nirvana and then want no more. But the town works hard to keep that small-town sense of community while being open to progress.

This is the upper end of my expectations. I was thinking about $17-18 million and hoping for $20 million. This is what we were hoping for when we put it where we did.

It's acting like it got a best-picture nomination. Maybe that's a sign it should have.

It's a great start and we're very pleased.

Considering 'Matrix' coming into the market, I'm very pleased with that hold. It's a very similar audience, so that's pretty terrific.