We have never given up on releasing 'The Interview' and we're excited our movie will be in a number of theaters on Christmas Day, at the same time, we are continuing our efforts to secure more platforms and more theaters so that this movie reaches the largest possible audience.

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Tom's creativity, strong talent relationships and track record of enduring films and commercial success are unparalleled in this industry and exactly what we are looking for to grow our film business.

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I am very confident we can return to normal, but I think that level of transparency on some of those issues creates trust issues.

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You can't allow an event like this to change the way you do business or how you are creatively minded, that would be a terrible tragedy.

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It was as though somebody came into your house and robbed it and then burned the house down to ground, as one of the investigators said to me, whoever wrote this software was very, very angry.

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I would say the cost is far less than anything anybody is imagining and certainly shouldn't be anything that is disruptive to our budget.

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We have never given up on releasing The Interview and we're excited our movie will be in a number of theaters on Christmas Day.

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I want to thank our talent on 'The Interview' and our employees, who have worked tirelessly through the many challenges we have all faced over the last month, while we hope this is only the first step of the film's release, we are proud to make it available to the public and to have stood up to those who attempted to suppress free speech.

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We have not given in. And we have not backed down. We have always had every desire to have the American public see this movie.

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We experienced the worst cyber attack in American history, we have not caved, we have not given in, we have persevered and we have not backed down.

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In this instance the president, the press and the public are mistaken as to what actually happened.

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We have not caved, we have not given in, we have persevered and we have not backed down, we have always had every desire to have the American public see this movie.

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I was one of two Jewish kids in my school. We were probably one o... by Michael Lynton

I was one of two Jewish kids in my school. We were probably one of two Jewish families in our town.

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What is unusual about the United States - and it's something that I have never gotten used to - is that Jews here, there are so many of them, and they are so important to the culture.

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For the most part, Hollywood is very transactional. People want to make movies and television shows.

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I think DVD has been a real gold mine for a lot of reasons. You were selling a packaged good in a big mass market, so you could make it huge. You were selling or renting a thing that people didn't consume. You go to Blockbuster, rent five movies, and only watch two. That's a good business to be in.

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The entertainment industry at large has pretty much given away high definition to consumers. They haven't really charged a premium for it on television. That makes consumers more likely to buy Blu-ray but less likely to pay a premium for it.

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People are paying a premium to see movies in 3-D, and that's a very big deal. It's never been done before that someone says you have to pay more to see 'Spider-Man' than a romantic comedy.

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We released 'The Interview' through a variety of platforms, and we continue to look for other distribution options. Throughout this whole process, we never stopped - not for a single moment - trying to secure a broad release. Our studio takes great pride in continuing to grow the release of this movie and making it a success.

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The teams that worked on the innovative distribution of 'The Interview' are just a few of the many that put in long hours over our studio holiday to ensure business continuity, rebuild our systems, and protect our company.

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We will continue to renew and redefine Sony Pictures. by Michael Lynton

We will continue to renew and redefine Sony Pictures.

Michael Lynton
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