Bob Iger Quotes

Mickey Mouse did not stay the little squeaky guy in 'Steamboat Willie.' He went on to have many different versions.

What about Mickey Mouse? Disney tried very hard to make him a star. But Mickey Mouse is more of a symbol than a real character.

Kids, adults, men, women, everybody has a relationship with Mickey Mouse.

Mickey Mouse... is always there-he's part of my life. That really is something not everyone can call their claim to fame.

When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it's because he's so human; and that is the secret of his popularity.

There are only a couple characters and people in the world where, in history, where you can go anywhere in the world and say that character or person, that name, that song, and everyone knows what it is. Mickey Mouse is one, Disney, in general. In terms of gaming, Super Mario, he's everywhere.

Wayne was my hero. He really loved doing Mickey Mouse and was very proud that he did it 32 years.

Mickey Mouse is, to me, a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end.

I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known.

I first met Walt Disney 25 or 30 years ago.

There was a guy that I got to know pretty well - Joe Grant. He was one of the creators of Dumbo and worked side-by-side with Disney. Being a total Disney nerd, I was obsessed with asking him questions. He was 92 when I got to know him.

Mickey Mouse popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad 20 years ago on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood at a time when business fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were at lowest ebb and disaster seemed right around the corner.

Shrek is the Mickey Mouse of DreamWorks.

I watching this Disney documentary, and I'm not Disney, but I was thinking about Mickey Mouse and he became an icon. Walt moved onto other things but he made him exist. I was thinking, 'Wow, is 'Samurai Jack' my 'Mickey Mouse?' Am I stupid to stop working on it?'

Walt Disney grew up in Marceline, but almost every child has grown up with his beloved characters.

I'm more than an actor. I'm an icon, an industry.

I grew up, obviously, watching tons of animation; Saturday morning cartoons or anything that we could get our hands on. And then when 'The Simpsons' premiered, that just kind of changed the landscape of everything. We hadn't had prime time animations since 'The Flintstones.'

Walt Disney was not a merchant of sadness.

I've always wanted to work for Walt Disney. That's what I thought I was going to do when I grew up.

Ed Sullivan will be around as long as someone else has talent.

One of my earliest memories is being inside the recording studio and I see the shadow of a figure that looks an awful lot like Walt Disney. Then the door opened and Mr. Disney walked in and said, 'Hi Clint.' I won't ever forget that.

A whole generation was raised to learn about comedy from 'The Simpsons.' To get to be in a booth with Homer and Marge and be in Springfield - it was unimaginable the emotions that I felt.

Animation had been done before, but stories were never told.

The Disney archives, it's 84 years of history. The one way in which I feel I'm a kindred spirit with Walt Disney is that neither one of us ever throws anything away. He never threw anything away.

I got to work with Eli Vargas. Great guy. Huge in Spain. He's a heartthrob there. Who else? Terry Crews - he was really funny.