When Tim Allen made The Santa Clause, I thought that was a delightful film. It took a modern sensibility but layered onto it a kind of sentiment.

NBC anchor Brian Williams is a standup comic in disguise.

Everyone is looking for the sure thing. They are looking to hedge their bet. They think the way to do that is to go with a proven quantity, a remake of something you have already seen. That is their mindset.

While it was occasionally done here or there, nobody else had a figurehead like Walt doing it. Jack Warner wasn't on TV. Walt was the boss, but he had a real public profile and he used it to his advantage. And he became a household face.

I think the people who are making Christmas-themed movies today feel that people are more cynical about Christmas. There's more of an edge.

Dumbo... makes me cry. Every single time and in the exact same spot. I just have a special affection for Dumbo.

A Christmas Carol is such a fool-proof story you can't louse it up.