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.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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.
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.
Kids, adults, men, women, everybody has a relationship with Mickey Mouse.
I adored Mickey Mouse when I was a child. He was the emblem of happiness and funniness.
Mickey Mouse... is always there-he's part of my life. That really is something not everyone can call their claim to fame.
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 went to Bali, and I was in a small village, and somebody who was with me showed a woman a little figurine of Bart and asked: 'Do you know who this is?' And she said: 'Mickey Mouse.'
When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it's because he's so human; and that is the secret of his popularity.
I'm Mickey Mouse. They don't know who's inside the suit.