Disney Animation Quotes

I'm not sure if it's fair to call it a 'fairy tale,' but I really loved 'Mulan,' the Disney film. It was my favorite. I guess it's not really a fairy tale, but you do get Eddie Murphy as a dragon.

Growing up, I was obsessed with Disney movies like 'The Little Mermaid,' 'Aladdin' and 'Beauty And The Beast.' I was always singing the songs from these movies, so to find myself in the studio with Alan Menken was an amazing experience. In fact, it was a dream come true.

When it comes to classic Disney, I've got it in my DNA. I mean, the guy who trained me, the man who mentored me when I first came to the Studio was Eric Larson, one of Walt's Nine Old Men.

After Pixar's 2006 merger with the Walt Disney Company, its CEO, Bob Iger, asked me, chief creative officer John Lasseter, and other Pixar senior managers to help him revive Disney Animation Studios. The success of our efforts prompted me to share my thinking on how to build a sustainable creative organization.

I really love 'Pocahontas.' Today I was watching 'Aladdin.' It's a classic; you can't beat it.

When I was a freshman in high school, I read a book about the making of Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty' called 'The Art of Animation.' It was this weird revelation for me, because I hadn't considered that people actually get paid to make cartoons.

I had left 'Ragtime' - and 'Ragtime' was a completely different beast, no pun intended, than 'The Lion King'.

If you are going to describe the history of animation, you'd look at the early Disney work, then 'Bugs Bunny,' 'Road Runner' and other Warner Brothers theatrical productions. But when you got to 'Rocky and Bullwinkle,' you'd see they were unique: They assumed you had a brain in your head.

I still don't know precisely why The Mickey Mouse Club ended when it did.

Oswald is an interesting character. Disney lost the rights to him in 1928 to Universal, who was distributing the cartoons and basically handed him over to Walter Lantz.

I think a lot of the Disney cartoons are scary when you watch them at a young age.

I do not make films primarily for children. I make them for the child in all of us, whether we be six or sixty.

'The Little Mermaid' was a really great experience.

Music has been of central importance to Disney movies for as long as I can remember. To contribute to that legacy, is a great honor.

I had the good fortune of being 9 years old when The Little Mermaid came out, that whole run of really beautiful Disney musicals, and so, the fact that I got to interview with Ron [Clements] and John [Musker], who directed The Little Mermaid, I was, like, I just walked in and said, "You're the reason I'm even here."

I'm a huge Disney nut. I have been since I was a little kid.

Animation is different from other parts. Its language is the language of caricature.

One of the best animated films I've seen come out of Disney was the Tarzan movie. I wasn't crazy about the story or the design on Tarzan's face, but the traditional animation was spectacular.

The Lion King is one of my favorite stories ever.

Winnie the Pooh and his friends from the Hundred Acre Wood are among the most entertaining and beloved characters ever animated by Disney.

I don't know if I really watched any Disney animation as a kid.

'The Little Mermaid' is my favorite of the Disney animated features. And, I could not wait to see it on Broadway.

Each Disney princess is unique in their own way, but Moana is especially close to my heart because she's Polynesian.

The human species, although happily ridiculous at times, is still reaching for the stars.

I've watched 'Frozen' more times than I can count!