“If we give people the ability to buy a lot more because they can store a lot more, for a company that creates TV shows and movies, that’s fantastic.”

Netflix, Amazon, iTunes – whatever platforms emerge – we are looking at as having the same potential that home video had for the movie business.

People go to Disney because they know its brand attributes. We believe we have an opportunity to go with our content directly to consumers.

I think it is incredibly important to be open and accessible and treat people fairly and look them in the eye and tell them what is on your mind.

The heart and soul of the company is creativity and innovation.

Identify what all the issues are & when you find them don’t hide from them.

And it’s only the beginning of a new era of exceptional Star Wars storytelling; next year we’ll release our first standalone movie based on these characters, followed by Star Wars: Episode VIII in 2017, and we’ll finish this trilogy with Episode IX in 2019.

What I’ve really learned over time is that optimism is a very, very important part of leadership.

I had worked at Disney since they bought the company that I had worked for, ABC in the mid-90s.

Keeping it simple for the consumer is incredibly dire.

I have a fondness for jazz, particularly for jazz singers, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald all the way through the Sinatra era.

I couldn’t believe how good Jimi Hendrix was It was a really difficult thing for me to deal with, but I just had to surrender and say, ‘This is fantastic.’

And remember people: you might not be plastic, but you are fantastic!

My most important problem was destroying the lines of demarcation that separate what seems real from what seems fantastic.

It’s fantastic because I’ve been living thousands of lives, not only my life.

The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.

Living alone, you can do so many fantastic things I’ve learned. You can like, walk around and have so many conversations with yourself and sing your thoughts. I think I’m the only one that does that.

For telling a good and incisive religious joke, you should be praised. For telling a bad one, you should be ridiculed and reviled. The idea that you could be prosecuted for the telling of either is quite fantastic.

A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.