Ted Sarandos

"This is a business deal, it's not a political deal."

"This industry would be much smaller under that [Paramount] ownership than it would be under Netflix."

"Our deal is growth. We've been growing and growing and growing this business since we started."

"An average Netflix member watches seven movies a month. An average person in the US goes to the cinema twice a year."

"I don't see Netflix as a direct competitor to the big-screen because when people watch a great film at the cinema, the next thing they want to do when they come home is watch more films."

"buying assets we don't currently have"

"the sentiment about that around Hollywood is rampant"

"Those are the first steps"

"The Warner Bros. Discovery board has determined it was in their long-term best interest to sell these assets. So there is going to be a deal."

"We’ve been very clear in the past that we have no interest in owning legacy media networks."

"Nothing is a must-have for us to meet the goals we have for the business."

"buying assets we don't currently have"

"I don't want to do hypotheticals."

"This is a business deal. It’s not a political deal."

"It’s a business deal and not a political deal."

"I would be 'willing to walk away and let someone else overpay for things.'"

""The transaction we negotiated would have created shareholder value with a clear path to regulatory approval.""

"knowingly misrepresents our position and commitment to the theatrical release of Warner Bros films"

"We believe we would have been strong stewards of Warner Bros.′ iconic brands."

"We’ve always been disciplined. And at the price required to match Paramount Skydance’s latest offer, the deal is no longer financially attractive, so we are declining to match the Paramount Skydance bid."

"We said from the beginning it was a nice to have, not a need to have."