Walter Parkes Quotes

"The great irony of the summer is the audiences we all court during the summer are the ones who have the most distractions. I happen to have a 13-year-old son. I see if there isn't a good movie playing, he's happy to rent a video game and have four friends over. A movie must have a strong appeal."

"Everyone in Hollywood knows something's going on,"

"We happen to have a 13-year-old son. We see him and three of his friends on a Saturday night having a perfectly great time, socially and in every other way, with a rented video game from Blockbuster. If there's not a movie that will insist their attention be taken, that will grab them passionately, they can choose to do that. Does this say something about the audience base?"