32 Quotes by John Fithian

We strongly encourage (theater owners) to keep the ads limited in duration and make them entertaining in their own right. We hope there will be a migration toward fewer ads that don't replicate what's on television, because people can't stand that.

We regret this tragic incident, but we have to remind our patrons that violence at theaters is extremely rare. We've had 1.5 billion people come to the theaters in each of the past three years, and there were only a handful of violent incidents. Though very unfortunate, this type of incident is very rare at the cinema. At this time we don't know if there is any association of this particular incident in connection with the film that was playing. We'll let the police do their investigation.

Simultaneous release would seriously damage the theater industry, ... death threat to our industry.

I don't know what's going on with consumers that they have to talk on phones in the middle of theaters.

Here's what we know about 2005: The movies are not as good,

We have to attack rude behavior - fighting, bickering, talking too loud.

Our members are aware of price concerns and are listening.

We will actually petition the Federal Communications (Commission) to remove the block on jamming cell phones.

We still don't have completely DCI-compliant systems operating in the marketplace. This year will see that those systems come together and begin to get integrated.