Quotes by Jack Valenti

About Jack Valenti:

Jack Joseph Valenti was a longtime president of the Motion Picture Association of America. During his 38-year tenure in the MPAA, he created the MPAA film rating system, and he was generally regarded as one of the most influential pro-copyright lobbyists in the world.
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The VCR is to the American film producer and the American public as the Boston Strangler is to the woman alone.

Jack Valenti

Every parent in America has the total power to control all television programming that is dispatched to their home today.

Jack Valenti

I sleep each night a little better, a little more confidently, because Lyndon Johnson is my president.

Jack Valenti

No one today knows what is indecent.

Jack Valenti

There isn't anything in the world that can't be made better.

Jack Valenti

The only group in America that deserves to scrutinize what we are doing... are parents.

Jack Valenti

Film-makers must decide what story to tell and how to tell it.

Jack Valenti

Foreign capital to build new cinemas will help modernize China's aging cinema infrastructure, attract Chinese consumers back into cinemas, and increase demand for U.S. films.

Jack Valenti

The public's nerves are raw and edgy. You have to be discreet and understanding about the films you are showing.

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If movies are causing moral decay, then crime ought to be going up, but crime is going down.

Jack Valenti

Author Bio

  • NameJack Valenti
  • DescriptionPresident of the MPAA
  • BornSeptember 5, 1921
  • DiedApril 26, 2007
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionCivil Servant
  • AwardsKnight Of The Legion Of Honour