His feeling was the name Walt Disney represented all of us. Walt was hanging by his teeth financially and really I think he was for most of his career. Not at all like today.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Between the theme parks and the movies, the Disney iconography was probably the first set of archetypes that I was exposed to. Walt was able to expose me as a child to the full array of emotions, including fear and sorrow. Those movies and attractions haunted my dreams and made a deep impression on me as a child.
Walt Disney was my great hero.
I have always thought of Walt Disney as my second father.
Is Walt turning over in his grave? A man named Joe Roth runs Disney right now-he gave me the go-ahead and total freedom to do whatever I wanted to do.
When it comes to classic Disney, I've got it in my DNA. I mean, the guy who trained me, the man who mentored me when I first came to the Studio was Eric Larson, one of Walt's Nine Old Men.
I first met Walt Disney 25 or 30 years ago.
I've always wanted to work for Walt Disney. That's what I thought I was going to do when I grew up.
I'm saddened to see that some have been misled into believing that Mr. Disney was something other than a kind, caring man.
Walt Disney was not a merchant of sadness.
I look up to Walt Disney and what he has done.