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.

What I've really learned over time is that optimism is a very, very important part of leadership.

The heart and soul of the company is creativity and innovation.

I ride a bike and use aerobic equipment twice a week, and work out with a trainer, lifting weights.

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.

People still love a good story, and I don't think that will change.

I think it is important for people who are given leadership roles to assume that role immediately.

People go to Disney because they know its brand attributes. We believe we have an opportunity to go with our content directly to consumers.

Keeping it simple for the consumer is incredibly dire.

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.

Identify what all the issues are & when you find them don't hide from them.

Please. Put the gun down and we'll talk. A beautiful woman holding a small cannon plays hell with my concentration. Christovao (Chris) Santos, Sanctuary

There is no future in a job. The only future is inside oneself. We look inside rather than outside. We become producer rather than consumers of other peoples’ production.

To live by worry is to live against reality

There is no greater satisfaction for a just and well-meaning person than the knowledge that he has devoted his best energies to the service of the good cause.

If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character, would you slow down? Or speed up?

Art is an elastic sort of love.

See? You’re the crazy one, you redheaded freak. I’ve been attempting to translate the phrase into Latin. If I ever succeed, I shall make it my personal motto.

If someone is cynical and doesn't vote and ends up with a crummy job in a crummy country with a decimated environment, they only have themselves to blame.

I try to preload as little as I can. I like to come to the set with minimal preparation.

Time, that most abstract of humanity's homes.