"All cartoon characters and fables must be exaggeration, caricatures. It is the very nature of fantasy and fable."
"We felt that the public, and especially the children, like animals that are cute and little. I think we are rather indebted to Charlie Chaplin for the idea. We wanted something appealing, and we thought of a tiny bit of a mouse that would have something of the wistfulness of Chaplin - a little fellow trying to do the best he could."
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Source: How to Be Like Walt : Capturing the Disney Magic Every Day of Your Life. Book by Pat Williams, 2004.
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