The heart and soul of the company is creativity and innovation.
BOB IGERI had worked at Disney since they bought the company that I had worked for, ABC in the mid-90s.
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Netflix, Amazon, iTunes – whatever platforms emerge – we are looking at as having the same potential that home video had for the movie business.
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Identify what all the issues are & when you find them don’t hide from them.
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I ride a bike and use aerobic equipment twice a week, and work out with a trainer, lifting weights.
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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.
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I drive myself to and from work. I love the privacy.
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I get up at 4:30 in the morning, seven days a week, no matter where I am in the world.
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People go to Disney because they know its brand attributes. We believe we have an opportunity to go with our content directly to consumers.
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What I’ve really learned over time is that optimism is a very, very important part of leadership.
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Steve Jobs was a great friend as well as a trusted advisor. His legacy will extend far beyond the products he created or the businesses he built. It will be the millions of people he inspired, the lives he changed, and the culture he defined.
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Which means there are entirely new opportunities to monetize our capital investment in content and do so in ways that work for distributors, for consumers and for creators.
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I have a fondness for jazz, particularly for jazz singers, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald all the way through the Sinatra era.
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People still love a good story, and I don’t think that will change.
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Keeping it simple for the consumer is incredibly dire.
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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.
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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.
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