The heart and soul of the company is creativity and innovation.
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.
What I've really learned over time is that optimism is a very, very important part of leadership.
Identify what all the issues are & when you find them don't hide from them.
It’s in our best interest to put some of the old rules aside and create new ones and follow the consumer – what the consumer wants and where the consumer wants to go.
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.
People still love a good story, and I don't think that will change.
People don't like to follow pessimists.
I'm committed to increasing long-term value for shareholders and am confident we will continue to do so through the successful execution of our core strategic priorities: the creation of high quality, branded content and experiences, the use of technology, and creating growth in numerous and exciting international markets.
I think it is important for people who are given leadership roles to assume that role immediately.
Keeping it simple for the consumer is incredibly dire.
I began as a weatherman and I learned very quickly I wasn't very good at it.
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'm not in the camp that believes that Netflix is going to take over the world...technology makes it impossible to have a monopoly.
I ride a bike and use aerobic equipment twice a week, and work out with a trainer, lifting weights.
I get up at 4:30 in the morning, seven days a week, no matter where I am in the world.
Netflix, Amazon, iTunes - whatever platforms emerge - we are looking at as having the same potential that home video had for the movie business. 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.
I have a fondness for jazz, particularly for jazz singers, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald all the way through the Sinatra era.
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.
I drive myself to and from work. I love the privacy.
I started off wanting very much to be a newscaster.
Sometimes I feel like I'm a contestant in a reality show that probably would be called The Apprentice Survivor Millionaire.
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.
Digital piracy needs to be addressed. Without content protection, investment in content can't be supported. We need secure distribution. If you (telecommunications equipment and software makers) help us, we will make it easier for you to distribute our content.
I had worked at Disney since they bought the company that I had worked for, ABC in the mid-90s.
