Walt Disney

Animator, Film Producer

Walt Disney was a pioneering animator and filmmaker, known for creating iconic characters and founding Disneyland, revolutionizing family entertainment.

Born
December 5, 1901
Died
December 15, 1966
Quotes
395
Rank
#295

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"Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly."

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"As the original 'Mary Poppins' budget of five million dollars continued to grow, I never saw a sad face around the entire Studio. And this made me nervous. I knew the picture would have to gross 10 million dollars for us to break even. But still there was no negative head-shaking. No prophets of doom. Even Roy was happy. He didn't even ask me to show the unfinished picture to a banker. The horrible thought struck me - suppose the staff had finally conceded that I knew what I was doing."

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"I'm just corny enough to like to have a story hit me over the heart."

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"It's silly to build a wall around your interests."

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"All individuals are different. Some of us just wouldn't be satisfied with just carrying out a routine job and being happy."

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"I happen to be kind of an inquisitive guy and when I see things I don't like, I start thinking, why do they have to be like this and how can I improve them?"

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"Why would I want to be president? I'm the king of Disneyland."

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"The era we are living in today is a dream of coming true."

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"To me, today, at age sixty-one, all prayer, by the humble or highly placed, has one thing in common: supplication for strength and inspiration to carry on the best human impulses which should bind us together for a better world."

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"My fun is working on a project and solving the problems."

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"No one person can take credit for the success of a motion picture. It's strictly a team effort. From the time the story is written to the time the final release print comes off the printer, hundreds of people are involved - each one doing a job - each job contributing to the final product."

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"We dance, we kiss, we schmooze, we carry on, we go home happy. What do you say? Come on."

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"Do not be fooled by its commonplace appearance. Like so many things, it is not what outside, but what is inside that counts."

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"Over at our place, we’re sure of just one thing: everybody in the world was once a child. So in planning a new picture, we don’t think of grown-ups, and we don’t think of children. But just of that fine, clean, unspoiled spot down deep in every one of us, that maybe the world has made us forget."

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"I think of a child's mind as a blank book. During the first years of his life, much will be written on the pages. The quality of that writing will affect his life profoundly."

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