Zitat des Tages von Bob Iger:
If we give people the ability to buy a lot more because they can store a lot more, for a company that creates TV shows and movies, that's fantastic.
People don't like to follow pessimists.
I'm privileged and grateful to lead The Walt Disney Company and our talented, dedicated team at this exciting time.
We have a unique opportunity as Disney because it really is the only true global entertainment brand.
Even though I started off being interested in news, and I spent 13 years of my career working in television sports, I always was passionate about television and movies.
People go to Disney because they know its brand attributes. We believe we have an opportunity to go with our content directly to consumers.
People still love a good story, and I don't think that will change.
We really believe that Walt Disney is a very able company with great depth and a great set of franchises.
When you think about it, media's the intersection of content and technology - it's all about storytelling, like photography and the camera.
I have a fondness for jazz, particularly for jazz singers, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald all the way through the Sinatra era.
Where we are as a nation is due to having an openness to the people of the world. It's incredibly important. I firmly believe that we cannot shut our borders to immigrants. I think a fair and just immigration policy is good for our country and good for our society.
An all-out trade war with China would be damaging to Disney's business and to business in general. It's something I think we have to be very careful about.
Working hard to fulfill a dream or instinct and learning over time it doesn't work, doesn't mean a career is over and a reputation killed. When a reputation is killed, it's when failure comes as a result of loss of integrity or judgement... breaking of laws.
I drive myself to and from work. I love the privacy.
I get up at 4:30 in the morning, seven days a week, no matter where I am in the world.
I had worked at Disney since they bought the company that I had worked for, ABC in the mid-90s.
Sometimes I feel like I'm a contestant in a reality show that probably would be called The Apprentice Survivor Millionaire.
I don't want to sound too critical, but we're taking a wait-and-see approach on UltraViolet.
I began as a weatherman and I learned very quickly I wasn't very good at it.
Keeping it simple for the consumer is incredibly dire.
The riskiest thing we can do is just maintain the status quo.
I ride a bike and use aerobic equipment twice a week, and work out with a trainer, lifting weights.
Netflix, Amazon, iTunes - whatever platforms emerge - we are looking at as having the same potential that home video had for the movie business. Which means there are entirely new opportunities to monetize our capital investment in content and do so in ways that work for distributors, for consumers and for creators.
Honestly, I'm interested in politics; I'm interested in giving back in some form, performing some sort of civic duty. But I'm not exploring a run for governor or senator or anything along those lines. I'm focused on running Disney.
The heart and soul of the company is creativity and innovation.
It's in our best interest to put some of the old rules aside and create new ones and follow the consumer - what the consumer wants and where the consumer wants to go.
I'm committed to increasing long-term value for shareholders and am confident we will continue to do so through the successful execution of our core strategic priorities: the creation of high quality, branded content and experiences, the use of technology, and creating growth in numerous and exciting international markets.
I don't get described as necessarily being aggressive. I don't know if 'laid-back' is the word. I think, if anything, what I would want people to say about me is, 'I think he had guts.'
We're delighted to be working with Apple to offer fans a new and innovative way to experience our wildly popular shows.
It's a good time to be in the content business though, the branded content business.
Are there challenges? Absolutely. But in aggregate, this is a very strong and valuable company.
Success can breed all kinds of other behavior and cause companies to behave a certain way that isn't necessarily the ingredients for achieving more success. For instance, with success comes arrogance, and that's typically the death of success.
The attributes we're focused on for Mickey are exactly the ones Walt had in mind in the first place. The original Mickey was impish and irreverent. Walt sanitized him because when Mickey got so popular, there was a fear that his behavior was influencing kids.
I think it is important for people who are given leadership roles to assume that role immediately.
We like the size of the company today given the environment and have no plans to split it up and make it smaller.
I started off wanting very much to be a newscaster.
