Quote

Most original viewers of the Mickey Mouse Club didn't face the crush of family and social problems children have today.

Mickey Mouse is, to me, a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end.

Kids, adults, men, women, everybody has a relationship with Mickey Mouse.

My dear friend Jimmie Dodd was the heart and the soul of The Mickey Mouse Club.

As far as the timing, well, I'd write that off to luck as much as anything - I happened to be out looking for a development deal, and Disney happened to think my team and I might be the right people to make a Mickey Mouse game.

The basic idea for what became 'Epic Mickey' began at the Disney Think Tank.

Disney was a family film studio. I was supposed to be their young, leading man. After they found out I was involved with someone, that was the end of Disney.

Of the many guests we welcomed to the Mickey Mouse Club, my absolute favorites were the Lennon Sisters.

Mickey Mouse popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad 20 years ago on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood at a time when business fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were at lowest ebb and disaster seemed right around the corner.

I wasn't a trained Mickey Mouse club performer. I played in jazz clubs and restaurants.