Gerry Lopez Professions : Surfer Born : November 7, 1948 Browse All Authors Top 24 quotes by Gerry Lopez If I can make an economic deal with Amazon that works for them and works for me, OK - I'll make it available. But I don't want to be part of restrictions that make life difficult for my guests. Gerry Lopez amazon guests want We don't believe in splitting the experience. We don't believe in taking a row out and putting in motion seats [that shake and move in response to cues from a film]. If you walk into that auditorium you're going to have a communal experience. Gerry Lopez film believe moving I'm starting to believe that part of the solution regarding the devices is that they have a role to play in engaging the customer and keeping our product in front of them during the pre-show. They certainly have a role to play in ticket sales. Inside the movie auditorium, though, during the feature presenation there's no place for them. Every single weekend two out of the top three reasons people contact us are: somebody's being disruptive, with a device most of the time, or a dirty bathroom. Gerry Lopez weekend believe dirty In an industry that has the capacity underutilization that we have, why wouldn't we? It's just common sense. Apparently they're successful (in Canada). Our standard approach is not to cookie cut things. Every market is different, every theater is different. The devil's in the details. Gerry Lopez common-sense cutting successful Similar Authors Andy Irons surfer Alana Blanchard surfer Bethany Hamilton surfer Beau Walker surfer Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz surfer Dane Reynolds surfer All Authors