Walt Disney
Walt Disney
Walter Elias "Walt" Disneywas an American entrepreneur, animator, voice actor and film producer. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. As a film producer he received 22 Academy Awards from 59 nominations and has won more individual Oscars than anyone else. He was presented with two Golden Globe Special Achievement Awards and one Emmy Award, among other honors. Several of his films are included in the National Film Registry by the...
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth5 December 1901
CityChicago, IL
The same thing could have happened on Halloween if somebody in the neighborhood had jumped out and scared him.
People spend money when and where they feel good.
Believe in your dreams, no matter how impossible they seem.
When we opened Disneyland, a lot of people got the impressions that it was a get-rich-quick thing, but they didn't realize that behind Disneyland was this great organization that I built here at the Studio, and they all got into it and we were doing it because we loved to do it.
I don't want the public to see the world they live in while they're in the Park (Disneyland). I want to feel they're in another world.
I believe in being a modivator.
Adults are interested if you don't play down to the little 2 or 3 year olds or talk down. I don't believe in talking down to children. I don't believe in talking down to any certain segment. I like to kind of just talk in a general way to the audience. Children are always reaching.
The era we are living in today is a dream of coming true.
Life is composed of lights and shadows, and we would be untruthful, insincere, and saccharine if we tried to pretend there were no shadows.
If watching is all you're going to do, then you're going to watch your life go by without you.
I never look back, darling. It distracts from the now.
You're flying Buzz! No Woody we're falling in style!
Flynn Rider: Frying pans... who knew, right?
I am a patient listener, but opinionated to the point of stubbornness when my mind is made up.