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My father was something of a rainbow-chaser.
What we were in on, really, was the invention of animation.
The first professional training I received of any kind was when I was 14 years old and we were in Kansas City, Missouri. I attended the Kansas City... →
Animation had been done before, but stories were never told.
Drawing is giving a performance; an artist is an actor who is not limited by the body, only by his ability and, perhaps, experience.
I had some connections from the newspapers that I did work with up there, so there was a newspaper publisher in Hollywood, and they promised me work... →
Yes, the first job I had at the studio was Snow White. I don't like the term particularly, but I got stuck with the human characters. They just... →
I joined Walt Disney, went to work, December 2nd 1935, so obviously, I'm not too young!
Later, my father died up in Marysville. So, my mother and I got in the car and came down to Hollywood.
At that time, the people that were in the animated film business were mostly guys who were unsuccessful newspaper cartoonists. In other words, their... →
Before I got through high school I had attended 22 different schools. In the time before I was well acquainted with the latest school, I would amuse... →
Disney had made such a great deal of money on Snow White that the banks gave him the go-ahead on the next three films. But he was heavily dependent... →
His feeling was the name Walt Disney represented all of us. Walt was hanging by his teeth financially and really I think he was for most of his... →