Jack Valenti Quotations

It is called the First Amendment. ...Simple words marching in seried ranks. Compact, concise. To the point. Clear and pure. It's freedom's music.

If you buy a DVD you have a copy. If you want a backup copy you buy another one.

A public domain work is an orphan. No one is responsible for its life. But everyone exploits its use, until that time certain when it becomes soiled and haggard, barren of its previous virtues. How does the consumer benefit from the steady decline of a film's quality?

I found the most convincing part to be the working stiffs, the guys who have a modest home and kids who go to public schools. They make $75,000 to $100,000 a year. That's not much to live on. I don't have to tell you that.

If movies are causing moral decay, then crime ought to be going up, but crime is going down.

Foreign capital to build new cinemas will help modernize China's aging cinema infrastructure, attract Chinese consumers back into cinemas, and increase demand for U.S. films.

There isn't anything in the world that can't be made better.

No one today knows what is indecent.

If You Cannot Protect What You Own, You Don’t Own Anything!

The public's nerves are raw and edgy. You have to be discreet and understanding about the films you are showing.