The image we have would be impossible for Mickey Mouse to maintain. We're just... normal people.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
What about Mickey Mouse? Disney tried very hard to make him a star. But Mickey Mouse is more of a symbol than a real character.
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.
Even in China. Children there, next to the Great Wall, who had never seen Mickey Mouse responded. So the studio did have that skill to communicate with images.
Mickey Mouse... is always there-he's part of my life. That really is something not everyone can call their claim to fame.
Most original viewers of the Mickey Mouse Club didn't face the crush of family and social problems children have today.
Whether it's as the hero of an adventure story, as teacher and friend, as icon on watch, shirt or hat - everyone knows Mickey Mouse.
Kids, adults, men, women, everybody has a relationship with Mickey Mouse.
Mickey Mouse is, to me, a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end.
I grew up watching Mickey Mouse and going to Disney World, like, 2,000 times. Mickey Mouse is like my guru.
When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it's because he's so human; and that is the secret of his popularity.