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I was kind of the black sheep with the Disney kids. I was uninterested in making friends with most of them. I didn't really fall into 'the Disney mold.' I was more or less the kid hanging out with the crew members and got along with them far better.

I collect action figures, mostly. I have a Batman room, with just Batman stuff, and I have a Disney collection.

Given the fact that the 'withhold' campaign at Disney is what started this whole brouhaha, I think it's appropriate that Disney adopt this standard, ... I don't believe this makes them a leader in corporate governance practices though I view it as a positive.

I found most of the Disney executives to be less than forthcoming,

I don't want this to come off bad at all, but I really don't watch Disney shows. I don't. I like the animated ones, but I just don't have time to watch a lot of TV.

Certainly for Disney it's riskier than their standard animation film because it has a lot fewer merchandising opportunities. My guess is they'll at least break even. It's being introduced early in the season and there's not much out there competing with it. The other studios are staying away from it.

China is such a big country, two Disney parks is always a possibility in the future.

Chinese cinema has taken the world by storm in recent years. And as China celebrates a hundred years of movie making in 2005, it is a perfect time for Disney to bring its wholesome family entertainment expertise to this rapidly growing market as part of the Walt Disney Company's focus on expanding our presence in China.

I have a Disney movie stuck in it and I can't get the tape out. It's Bambi, so at least it's a classic.

What we were able to do, cooperating with Disney security, they spotted him on property and we were able to arrest him.

What you get with Disney is a low stock valuation on a company that I think will have forward earnings momentum and the strongest balance sheet the company has had in the last five years.

Here we're trying to preserve and nurture our own historic New England downtown, and instead we're going to have a Disney version of a town square just a stone's throw away from the real one. We should be developing what we already have.

I loved Disney. 'Fantasia' was my first, favorite Disney movie. And it just kept going. I loved 'Bambi.' I loved 'Cinderella,' 'Lady and the Tramp' and 'Snow White' and even 'Mary Poppins' which wasn't even fully animated - it was just a little bit animated. They were such a part of my growing up years; I was just very connected to them.

I always dreamed of being a voice in a Disney movie, and even in those dreams, I never once dreamed of being a princess. I just wanted to be a voice.

He did get away with it for awhile, but we worked closely with Disney security and with Disney. It was really a collaborative effort to try and catch him.

I always think the villains in all of the Disney movies are almost operatic in scale.

If the Disney Corp. wants to market this film as a great Christian story, they'll just have to tell lies about it.

If the Disney name resonates with the Chinese consumer, it would be a huge coup for the company,

Historically, you have lot of great content minds at Disney and Viacom and all the media conglomerates. But there's also been a big hesitation to try new things, and there's been a lot of inertia at the big media companies. One thing I don't think anyone has accused Steve Jobs of is inertia.

He skated with Disney on Ice for years.

We transport people to a place that is more magical than they could ever imagine. We capture the essence of Disney through these heartwarming stories that encompass virtually every generation alive today, giving this show truly universal appeal.

I was writing at a really young age, but it took me a long time to be brave enough to become a published writer, or to try to become a published writer. It's a very public way to fail. And I was kind of scared, so I started out as a ghost writer, and I wrote for other series, like Disney 'Aladdin' and 'Sweet Valley' and books like that.

Looking back at it now, we took the kids to Disney World and he just had no energy.

I said to myself as Junction Point embarked on the Epic Mickey journey that, worst case, we'd be 'a footnote in Disney history.' Looking back on it, I think we did far better than that.

Stephen Burke is a very able executive. When he left, the company began to fall on bad times, ... Steve is the kind of guy that Disney ought to be populating all its divisions with.

Sterling Holloway, the actor who had originally voiced Pooh, decided to retire in the mid-1980s. Disney decided that they wanted to continue this character with their 'New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh' TV series.

Steve is a visionary in technology, and Disney is very focused on technology. But I don't think there is anybody at Disney who is a technology visionary. There is a fit.

Platform Publishing is working with Disney Online to make Toontown available in the places where families usually shop. Toontown is a breakthrough game that has introduced MMOs to the online family audience. Now we will be introducing the game to a whole new audience who may not have downloaded it in the past. Additionally, we will begin working with Disney on the potential to create Toontown versions for online-enabled game consoles.

Pixar's short films convinced Disney that if the company could produce memorable characters within five minutes, then the confidence was there in creating a feature film with those abilities in story and character development.

I see him more as a king maker at Disney than a king.

I see him more as a king maker at Disney than a king. However, he could easily become the power behind the throne, and I doubt he will let anyone forget that.

I think there are cycles in the film business. Two-dimensional animation is coming to an end in terms of what was the height of Disney storytelling.

I think everyone is looking for partners to take advantage of the Internet, and take advantage of the growing value of content. But does that mean Disney has to sell out? I don't think that's necessarily true either.

I think Disney is realizing that some of their businesses are under-performing and are not going to be a component of their long-term revenue or profit-stream.

(Jar Jar) seems to owe something to Disney characters. If you go back and look at cartoons from the '30s and the '40s and the '50s, they're full of racism. And it's deliberate. And Dumbo, the black crows, were meant to remind you of black people,

Mall of America gets more visitors than Disney World, Grand Canyon and Graceland combined. People go to Bloomington just to see the mall, ... It's a sad commentary that commercial outlets like malls are more popular than historic and cultural sites or places of natural beauty. But it's one thing Americans do very well: consume.

Maybe in 20 years, when Disney rots and looks like sort of a pornographic version,

Maybe that happens for the filmmakers, but I don't really feel that. I think they felt that before people started seeing the movie and Disney started to see what they had. And Disney saw some early reviews and that thing from Time came in and I think they were feeling a little bit of pressure. Then they started to see that they really had something good as you can see what they are putting into marketing.

I'm speechless. To work for a company like Disney that believes in community and came up with the idea and saying, 'We want to donate to the Boys and Girls Club of the Gulf Coast.' Knowing it's very important to many people here, my family included, since we helped start the one in the Pass. And a million and half dollars is gonna go a long way. It's a nice start, great start.

I went to see Alison Krauss and Union Station at Disney Hall and I would say it was one of the most astonishing sonic experiences I have had. It's an enormous room that's acoustically perfect. My interpretation of receiving music as a layman is that the way the music kind of settled on me in that room was perfection.

It is just part of the evolving market. We are just doing it a little less subtly than Disney does it, and it is happening all at once. It's just what happens. It's called evolution. Every 20 years or 30 years, it churns.

I think the Revolution slate will more resemble the eclectic slate that I put together when I was at Fox and Disney . It's very difficult to justify not trying to do something different in a marketplace that is more and more selective.

Our primary concern is with the guest and a Disney representative is at the hospital to assist the family.

Our company is working with Disney to create a game for children between the ages of maybe four and 12, so we can teach them what the capitalist system is all about.

It has become clear that there is no interest on the part of Disney's management and board in putting Comcast and Disney together,

I was very flattered when Disney Junior reached out and invited me to come voice Ariel for this special primetime edition of 'Sofia the First.' As the parent myself, I really appreciate the positive messages that this animated series is trying to put out there.

I think the Princess line has been the single strongest initiative Disney has done in years. (The campaign) is a really strong strategic move.

It is not funny or humorous or like a Disney film. It is not a Herbie or a Cinderella Story.

It had been kind of ignored before that. Disney would do halftime with characters dancing on the field, that kind of stuff. It's become much more intense over the years.

It is so exciting to get a phone call saying you're going to be working on a Disney film.

I was at Disney for about four years, so I made good friends there. It was a time of not a lot of creativity. It was the end of the first great era, with a few of the original animators. They called them the Nine Old Men. I learned a lot from them, but it wasn't going to be a future home for me.

I think it's a fairly enlightened action by this board. That's not a place the Disney board has often found itself. It's not perfect, but it's better than 99.5% of the companies out there.

I think it's just a pendulum swinging back to the classics, and Disney is a true American and global classic. To the extent they license to other luxury brands they can be successful. Disney alone would not be as powerful.

It costs more now to go skiing than to go to Disney World. That's going to drive skier-days down.

It could be a major coup for Disney to re-enliven their animation franchises.

We were in the same Q-school at Disney World. We competed then, and here we are, 32 years later, still competing.

Well let's see; I'm not obsessed with... I like Walt Disney except that you know, except for the horrible fascism. I love the art of it. I like a lot of things I don't agree with and that's one of them.

I would love if she could get donations to maybe go to Disney World or something before she leaves, though.

Usually they wish for a trip to Disney World. We send the whole family for a whole week. All expenses paid, first-class, top-of-the-line. No worries that week about any financial problems, any medical visits or treatments. They just have a week to be a kid again.

We have two kids, so our family life is very sort of mundane... take the kids to school, ballet, baseball and all of that. I like to go see movies, travel... but I love being with the family... going to Disney or something like that.

We know that when guests are familiar with Disney stories and characters they will enjoy the park even more, and want to come back again.

The advance is on the heels of good economic numbers this morning. Chicago PMI in particular took people by surprise. You also had some good earnings news from Disney and Honeywell, ... That turned the dollar around, which in turn pushed some of the geopolitical issues on the back burner. For a Friday, this is pretty good.

We just came back from Walt Disney World. We participated in the 'Goofy Challenge'.

We get tons of letters about all the things the girls do that day. It can be anything from going up with an aerial photographer to take pictures of Walt Disney World, to going out on a fishing boat, or designing web sites.

When I first read the Eddie Lowery connection in the script, I thought this scenario was created because it was Disney making the movie,

While the breadth of his new responsibilities will be wide, he has consistently demonstrated the creative and management capacity to handle the broad range of duties he will now shoulder. With this promotion, we are consolidating all Disney Studios operations under Joe Roth.

We're delighted to partner with Walt Disney World Resort to bring these two concert events to our customers. Music videos and concerts continue to be some of the most popular programs on our ON DEMAND service.

We have received a number of calls on whether a combination of Yahoo and Disney would make sense. We believe an investment would be much more likely. Given that AOL-Time Warner is likely to be a real entity within a few weeks, creating a very strong global integrated media and Internet competitor, we believe other media companies will be looking to create similarly powerful internet strategies.

The only way to describe my involvement in 'Planes' is that it's an absolute dream come true for me. Getting to be a bad guy in any project is fun, let alone being a Disney villain. I can't imagine anything getting better than that!

This raises awareness and gives Disney a physical presence in China. It is a great beachhead for promoting the Disney brand.

When I was 10, we drove to Disney World. When we arrived, what impressed me most was the meticulous attention to detail; there wasn't a gum wrapper anyplace.

When I finally won a golf tournament, it was relief, it wasn't excitement, ... If I were to win (today), it would be a much more exciting win than the one at Disney World.

Walt Disney built an empire by taking public domain works like Cinderella and dressing them up with his imagination.

Walt Disney had a nuclear imagination before the advent of nuclear, some comprehension of apocalypse and rapture deep in his genes.

Walt Disney World engineers and ride system experts completed a thorough inspection of the attraction overnight and found it to be operating properly. A representative from the state Bureau of Fair Rides Inspection monitored the ride inspection and testing.

Traditionally, the third and fourth quarters are the peak for tourism on a higher number of conferences and conventions during that time, ... This, in addition to the Disney effect, will likely lead to stronger tourist spending.

Yeah, I noticed that the Disney thing over there at the Daytona 500 (at Daytona USA) is a Chevy. They win a lot here. Chevy has run really well.

We're not supervised. We're sort of allowed, like an independent filmmaker, to do what we want. You don't get that freedom anywhere else. And this is the only studio outside of Disney, when Walt Disney ran it, where an artist runs the whole place. Here, it's John Lasseter, and that trickles down.

We'll have fun at Disney for two days. It's not really about winning and losing when you're down here.

What we try to do at Disney and through Disney character voices is really maintain the integrity of our classic characters at all costs. So Ariel needs to be me for every project, and if there are any other Ariels floating around out there, it's not necessarily Disney.

The deal with the Disney comics is to do stories and comics in a style that appeals to an older audience than is normally associated with a Disney brand.

We only told one network. You see that we have the top two shows on TV, as well as the top shows on the Disney Channel. We couldn't really start off with a better foot forward. This is just the beginning.

We own a lot of content companies, companies like Walt Disney ( DIS : Research , Estimates ).

We have been hoping to (build the Disney theme park) for quite a long time. Shanghai has the right conditions all the preparatory work is in the pipeline.

We will follow up with Disney in the fall. We're hopeful that Disney will bring some of the actors in as well.

When I was younger, I always was like, 'I want to be a serious actor.' I wasn't interested in doing a Disney show or a Nick show. But here I am, and it's great.

There is a big part of the prime demographic ù that key 18- to 49-year-old market ù that is hungry to sample this model. Not everyone can do appointment viewing when ABC decides to put a hit program on. So the convenience factor is becoming a driving force in the filmed entertainment business right now. This is going to get Disney a great sample of what people want, and if they're willing to pay for it.

There is a big part of the prime demographic that key 18- to 49-year-old market that is hungry to sample this model. Not everyone can do appointment viewing when ABC decides to put a hit program on. So the convenience factor is becoming a driving force in the filmed entertainment business right now. This is going to get Disney a great sample of what people want, and if they're willing to pay for it.

There have been some economic challenges, and of course 9/11, and then this year there's been like a strike a day, and then they had the heat wave, where 10,000 people died, so therefore not even the pixie dust that Disney has can help,

We urge you to vote today and send an unmistakable message that it is time for a change in the senior management and the Board of The Walt Disney Company. Tell the Board you believe it is time to replace Michael Eisner -- eight years of substandard performance is long enough.

Toontown is a breakthrough game that has introduced MMOs to the online family audience. Now we will be introducing the game to a whole new audience who may not have downloaded it in the past. Additionally, we will begin working with Disney on the potential to create Toontown versions for online-enabled game consoles.

With this merger we have a unique opportunity to offer Disney shareholders ownership in a new radio leader that will be well positioned for long-term success.

We've been able to access deals that under our former relationship with Disney - with tax advantages and strategic partners - that we just weren't able 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.

The point is, you have to look at Disney in the context of these other major consumer companies, ... We have a global oligopoly today. You've got Viacom, News Corp., Time Warner and Disney. And these are large companies in perfect position to take advantage of the globalization of American entertainment.

We are a highly-visible brand ambassador for the Disney brand as a whole.

We are lowering our risk rating to High from Speculative as we believe Children's Place risk profile has improved through better execution and a rising cash balance. We reiterate our Buy rating and expect continued solid growth in sales at both divisions, and significant improvement in gross margin at the Disney Stores.

Throughout its history, Disney has been a leader in the development of new entertainment technologies, ... Our involvement in GO Network represents a fitting addition to this legacy. With GO Network, we are bringing a new level of functionality and entertainment to the Internet.

Throughout the lean years following 9/11, Disney continued to invest at a heavy pace in its parks as it anticipated this turnaround in the market.

Through great collaboration between our Playhouse Disney team, The Baby Einstein Company, Eric Weiner and Curious Pictures, we've struck a chord with this landmark series.