I started, actually, to make my first animated cartoon in 1920. Of course, they were very crude things then and I used sort of little puppet things.
You can't just let nature run wild.
I do not like to repeat successes, I like to go on to other things.
When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it's because he's so human; and that is the secret of his popularity.
I believe in being an innovator.
Mickey Mouse is, to me, a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end.
