Dan Glickman Industry Quotations

Peer-to-peer technology is here to stay... What's more, the film industry will have to come up with a 'reasonable-cost', hassle-free way for people to download movies legally for it to continue to prosper.

That said, we can't bury our heads in the sand. We have to do more to attract customers and keep regulars coming back. It is no secret that our industry faces new challenges but with every challenge, there is an exciting opportunity.

The success of the movie industry comes from the story. And the story comes from somebody putting something down on paper.

As an industry we recognize the need for more innovation in the area of portability and copyright protection. We want people to be able to enjoy movies on various home entertainment devices without infringing on copyright laws, and we will continue to look for ways to marry those concepts so people can get movies hassle free at a reasonable cost.

We and others in our industry should do our best to eliminate gratuitous on-screen portrayals of smoking, particularly in movies that children see, ... I don't like to be in a position to dictate what a storyteller can or cannot say.

While there is no single silver bullet to cure all food safety problems, irradiation has been shown to be both safe and effective, ... USDA is committed to approving new technologies that offer industry additional tools to help produce even safer food.