Bob Iger Quotes

Disney produces fabulous movies around certain characters, and then they commercialize that engagement through toys, books, cruises.

We have a unique opportunity as Disney because it really is the only true global entertainment brand.

Disney's clearly in the business of doing giant tent pole movies based on properties that they own. And that's what they should be doing because they're great at doing that.

I'm trying to build a Disney. Not only as a creator, but also be able to create universes where then that content can go into toys, and live on multimedia platforms, whether it's apps, books, movies, cartoons. It's like building a whole world, which takes a lot of money.

Disney's something to be a little alarmed about. It's not just a little theme park anymore. It's now an ethic and outlook and strategy that goes way beyond central Florida.

A company like DreamWorks, all we do is make product. That's all we do. We don't own distribution. We are purely in the creation of content.

These properties that get made into movies, some are easier than others. When they first said, 'Yeah, they're making a movie out of Lego,' I said, 'Lego what? What does that even mean?' And it's such a good concept.

Pixar is going in the direction of the early Disney. And it's also corporate, where they have four or five projects in the works. I don't want to get into that subject.

I think Yahoo is a great company, with great assets.

The whole Disney thing is really interesting, in a way, how that's so permeated life and the world and the planet.

If you look at Disney's slate compared to the other Hollywood studios, it stands out because of big titles and strong franchise films which also extend beyond cinemas, to merchandising or theme parks given the legacy of the four brands - Disney, Pixar, Marvel and now Lucasfilm.

I was on Warner Bros. for a minute.

By any measure, NBC is a corporation.

I'd love to have done 'John Carter.' I'd love to work for the Disney Corporation.

The most successful company in Silicon Valley is Apple, and they're the most secretive.

Is Walt turning over in his grave? A man named Joe Roth runs Disney right now-he gave me the go-ahead and total freedom to do whatever I wanted to do.

Working for Disney for the last eight and a half years, people come and go - production staff and actors. I stepped onto the sound stage and it was a literal time warp.

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

We feel really lucky at Disney to work with a great stable of artists.

Disney has a great tradition of enchanting children and giving them something to behold.

Between the theme parks and the movies, the Disney iconography was probably the first set of archetypes that I was exposed to. Walt was able to expose me as a child to the full array of emotions, including fear and sorrow. Those movies and attractions haunted my dreams and made a deep impression on me as a child.

I love great animation.

Sequels are not done for the audience or cinema or the filmmakers. It's for the distributor. The film becomes a brand.

The basic idea for what became 'Epic Mickey' began at the Disney Think Tank.

Studios, to cut through the clutter, want recognisable titles. But that does not excuse you, as a writer, from having an original story.