Michael Eisner

Many people you think are individual achievers in fact have either a strong spousal partner over many years or a business partner who's either in the background, not given enough publicity or less egocentric.

I don't think individual achievement in business is the most meaningful way for it to operate.

If you're soft and fuzzy, like our little characters, you become the skinny kid on the beach, and people in this business don't mind kicking sand in your face.

It is rare to find a business partner who is selfless. If you are lucky it happens once in a lifetime.

Well, when you're trying to create things that are new, you have to be prepared to be on the edge of risk.

There's a fine line between what would characterize you as a troglodyte and what would characterize you as a brilliant, avant-garde, forward-thinking genius. There's some middle ground.

Over time, the product we produce has been consistently successful here in America and around the world. Apparently, we are doing something right.

We cannot escape that Hollywood is in the middle of a wave of technological change. The current angst over all the implications of new entertainment technology is nothing new.