Bob Iger Quotes

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.

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.

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.

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.

Keeping it simple for the consumer is incredibly dire.

We're delighted to be working with Apple to offer fans a new and innovative way to experience our wildly popular shows.

I drive myself to and from work. I love the privacy.

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

I have a fondness for jazz, particularly for jazz singers, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald all the way through the Sinatra era.

People don't like to follow pessimists.

I get up at 4:30 in the morning, seven days a week, no matter where I am in the world.

When I saw the first video iPod, I thought this could have the same impact VHS/home video had on the movie business.

I started off wanting very much to be a newscaster.

I had worked at Disney since they bought the company that I had worked for, ABC in the mid-90s.

If we give people the ability to buy a lot more because they can store a lot more, for a company that creates TV shows and movies, that's fantastic.

Sometimes I feel like I'm a contestant in a reality show that probably would be called The Apprentice Survivor Millionaire.

I began as a weatherman and I learned very quickly I wasn't very good at it.

People gravitate to what they believe to be popular... Technology is enabling even more of that.

When you think about it, media's the intersection of content and technology - it's all about storytelling, like photography and the camera.

There is no science in creativity. If you don't give yourself room to fail, you won't innovate.

If someone comes to you with, 'It's my kid's graduation, ' you don't tell them, 'Sorry, you can't go to that.' You just don't do that. You figure out some other way.

Even though I started off being interested in news, and I spent 13 years of my career working in television sports, I always was passionate about television and movies.

You can't allow tradition to get in the way of innovation. There's a need to respect the past, but it's a mistake to revere your past.

The riskiest thing we can do is just maintain the status quo.