If you look at film, distribution is pre-bought. If you've paid for the distribution, you say, 'I have to make sure it's a film that gets enough butts in the seats.' I think that's the problem: It becomes prohibitively expensive,… — Shane Smith Copy Share Image
I think the biggest issue for legacy media - both TV and film - is that it just costs too much money to develop a TV series or movie. And most of them don't work. Then the one that works… — Shane Smith Copy Share Image
I think there are so many problems in the world today, we have to figure out how to fix them rather than point fingers… — Shane Smith Copy Share Image
If you're big in Montreal, you're big in Quebec. If you're big in Toronto, you're big in Canada. But if you're big in New… — Shane Smith Copy Share Image
I never thought we had a chance of impacting anything. I am just starting to realize that we can change things - not just… — Shane Smith Copy Share Image
I don't care if I die - look, I'm old - but you want your kids to have good times and a good life. — Shane Smith Copy Share Image
American media has just become talk radio, incredibly partisan name-calling and op-eds. — Shane Smith Copy Share Image
It's our job to get into the hardest-to-see places and bring back the best footage - we have the best footage of North Korea… — Shane Smith Copy Share Image
Every generation has a changing of the guard in media. We do the same stuff that everybody else does, but we just do it… — Shane Smith Copy Share Image
I have a place in Costa Rica that is in the middle of the jungle. There's no Internet. There's no TV. Do I work… — Shane Smith Copy Share Image
When you're 18, 19, you want to live fast and leave a beautiful corpse behind. — Shane Smith Copy Share Image
If you're coming from America to Iraq, then how are you supposed to be objective? I mean, you could pay lip service to being… — Shane Smith Copy Share Image
