The hardest thing about being at Sony was not the travel; it was being divorced from the public and private life I had in New York. Travelling as much as I did, while I didn't lose connection with my friends, I lost a sense of belonging.
Howard StringerYou will see a 3-D movie in a movie theater for the shared experience of it - or for a date, and so on. You don't all sit at home getting your entertainment in a vacuum.
Howard StringerI was very short. Everybody else was two years older in my class, and I had curly hair and was teacher's pet.
Howard StringerJapan can't get anything on the market very cheaply because it has a large, relatively highly paid workforce which you can't fire.
Howard StringerThe American movie, in part because America's a melting pot, the cultural hodgepodge that America makes, generates movies that have appeal across all international boundaries. And that's really not true for most domestic film industries. It's no longer true of France and Italy, less true than it used to be of the U.K.
Howard Stringer