'Bambi' is an amazing film, and when you watch it today, it's just as beautiful. It's timeless. It's just as beautiful today as it was back then.

You make a movie to entertain audiences. That's why you make a movie. The product sales is because people love the characters, and to me, that is a testament to how our movie has become so ingrained in family's homes all around the world and that's why I make movies.

Humor is the easiest to achieve; the 'heart' is always the toughest, because you can't tell people to feel a certain way.

A good part of my leadership skills is crafted from learning from experiences early in my career that were not positive experiences.

My mother was a high school arts teacher, so I was always surrounded by the arts

I think the painted backgrounds in animations are absolutely stunningly beautiful. There's something really special about this medium. I don't believe audiences have grown past it. I think what audiences love is to be entertained-thoroughly, deeply entertained, and that's what I've always set out to do.

Slice open one of my veins and cartoons will pour out; open another vein and you'll get a flood of motor oil.