Walt Disney
Walt Disney
Walter Elias "Walt" Disneywas an American entrepreneur, animator, voice actor and film producer. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. As a film producer he received 22 Academy Awards from 59 nominations and has won more individual Oscars than anyone else. He was presented with two Golden Globe Special Achievement Awards and one Emmy Award, among other honors. Several of his films are included in the National Film Registry by the...
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth5 December 1901
CityChicago, IL
Girls bored me, they still do. I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I've ever known.
I have no use for people who throw there weight around as celebrities, or for those who fawn over you just because you are famous.
You can dream, create, design and build the most wonderful place in the world, but it requires people to make the dream a reality.
You know, you're just not supposed to be hitting a flip wedge into that hole,
I do not like to repeat successes, I like to go on to other things.
A good story can take you on a fantastic journey.
All individuals are different and some of us just wouldn't be satisfied with just carrying out a routine job and being happy.
I do not make films primarily for children. I make them for the child in all of us, whether we be six or sixty.
Faith I have, in myself, in humanity, in the worthwhileness of the pursuits in entertainment for the masses. But wide awake, not blind faith, moves me. My operations are based on experience, thoughtful observation and warm fellowship with my neighbors at home and around the world.
Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives.
Mickey was simply a little personality assigned to the purposes of laughter.
Every child is born blessed with a vivid imagination. But just as a muscle grows flabby with disuse, so the bright imagination of a child pales in later years if he ceases to exercise it.
One thing it takes to accomplish something is courage.
Fancy being remembered around the world for the invention of a mouse!