Quotes About Franchise

Would we still have a "democracy" if you needed to pass a test of economic literacy to vote? If you needed a college degree? Both of these measures raise the economic understanding of the median voter, leading to more sensible policies. Franchise restrictions were historically used for discriminatory ends, but that hardly implies that they should never be used again for any reason. A test of voter competence is no more objectionable than a driving test.

We have a whole bunch of young people and a whole bunch of families. Are we going to disrupt these families and tear them apart? Or are we going think, like, listen - these people are here. We've got to deal with this reality. We've got to extend the franchise.

Your dream, when you buy a sports franchise, is to win the championship, the Super Bowl.

We've managed a hat trick with 'Kaho Na Pyar Hai,' 'Koi Mil Gaya' and 'Krrish.'

Sequels are always tricky.

Though I'm happy with the response to the film, I've been hearing the feedback that 'Yennai Arindhaal' has traces of my earlier films. It was meant to be like that. Since it's part of a trilogy, hence the reference to the other two films in the franchise.

We're in the age of the series, trilogy, boxed sets.

When I was shooting 'The Bourne Identity,' I had a mantra: 'How come you never see James Bond pay a phone bill?' It sounds trite, but it became the foundation of that franchise.

When you inherit a franchise that won one playoff game in the last 10 years, you've inherited a troubled franchise.

They say I was a bad Batman, that it was my fault, that I buried the franchise. But the truth is, it was a big project. I was pretty intimidated in that world. I did the best I could in the situation I was given.

I feel like every time you get to make a sequel, it's a privilege. It means that people have embraced it and want the journey to continue.

When I first did 'The Fast and the Furious', I didn't want there to be a sequel on the first one. I thought, 'Why would you rush to do a sequel - just because your first film is successful?'

One of the things that would steer me away from a franchise is that I'm playing the same character all the time and I wouldn't want to be known for that.

Not since the dark days of the Twilight franchise had it been so trendy to be dead.

I think the Lakers are a legacy franchise. Players know when they come here, this is the ultimate platform.

Kobe is part of the Laker family and he always will be. There's not many players who play 18-19 years with the same franchise, and it's important to us that he has a chance to play his entire career with the Lakers.

It was always my dream to play in the NBA, especially for the Lakers because they're the greatest franchise ever.

I know a lot of people might not be used to that - the Bills having a winning mentality. But that's what Sean McDermott has brought to this franchise. Winning habits. A Winning attitude.

I became the face of the franchise in Miami, and I don't think they wanted me to be that. The respect was just never there.

As long as we, again, kind of keep earning the sequels with material and I'm confident Mike can, I'm in. You know I always want to do those. But I also want to keep going in some of the direction as Meet the Parents has.

I got to know Australians well working on the 'Mad Max' franchise with director George Miller.

Hats off to starting a franchise younger than we all did in 'Twilight' and keeping your cool. The 'Harry Potter' men and women had, what, a 10-year run?

A typical TV show is always about protecting the franchise - it's all about stretching it out as long as you can take it. And it's about taking the characters in any given hour as far as you can take them, but then resetting them more or less back to zero so at the beginning of the next week, so they're still the character you know and love.

Cars' is such a great franchise of movies, and they've done such a great job connecting with young kids and building that. It's pretty incredible, very neat to be a part of it. When I saw the first one, I never thought I'd ever have a part in one. It's different. You definitely have to get out of your comfort zone to do it.