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
You little fool. You thought you could defeat the most powerful being on Earth.
I don't want to please everybody. I'd get a little worried if I did something and everybody was pleased with it.
Sometimes I think of myself as a little bee. I go from one area of the studio to another and gather pollen and sort of stimulate everybody. I guess that’s the job I do.
I started, actually, to make my first animated cartoon in 1920. Of course, they were very crude things then and I used sort of little puppet things.
I could never convince the financiers that Disneyland was feasible because dreams offer too little collateral.
I never called my work an 'art' It's part of show business, the business of building entertainment.
I have no use for people who throw there weight around as celebrities, or for those who fawn over you just because you are famous.
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The workers in mainland China and inside the Disney park, their salaries are very low and the work days are very long,
A whole new era in Disney animated entertainment begins.
That place is my baby and I would prostitute myself for it
Teenagers have to discover the product. (Then) they tell their friends and it grows through a grass roots marketing effort
You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.
The small amount of these activities shown in our films essentially depict villains or characterize these activities as unwholesome.