I began as a weatherman and I learned very quickly I wasn't very good at it.
— Bob Iger
What I've really learned over time is that optimism is a very, very important part of leadership.
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.
We really believe that Walt Disney is a very able company with great depth and a great set of franchises.
Are there challenges? Absolutely. But in aggregate, this is a very strong and valuable company.
I started off wanting very much to be a newscaster.
We're delighted to be working with Apple to offer fans a new and innovative way to experience our wildly popular shows.
Sometimes I feel like I'm a contestant in a reality show that probably would be called The Apprentice Survivor Millionaire.
The heart and soul of the company is creativity and innovation.
People don't like to follow pessimists.
We like the size of the company today given the environment and have no plans to split it up and make it smaller.
The riskiest thing we can do is just maintain the status quo.
There is no science in creativity. If you don't give yourself room to fail, you won't innovate.
