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Bob Iger

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340 total appearances

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The Rest Is History
RIHC: Disney's Legacy, with Bob Iger

By the way, I know that I should admit this too publicly, but often when we dream up ideas here, the first question we ask ourselves is not how much will it cost?

The Rest Is History
RIHC: Disney's Legacy, with Bob Iger

It's can we make it great?

The Rest Is History
RIHC: Disney's Legacy, with Bob Iger

And then eventually you get to the, well, what is this going to cost?

The Rest Is History
RIHC: Disney's Legacy, with Bob Iger

And does it make sense?

The Rest Is History
RIHC: Disney's Legacy, with Bob Iger

Because we're trying to serve shareholders as well as customers.

The Rest Is History
RIHC: Disney's Legacy, with Bob Iger

But that is a Walt Disney inheritance, isn't it?

The Rest Is History
RIHC: Disney's Legacy, with Bob Iger

I mean, that was very much his approach.

The Rest Is History
RIHC: Disney's Legacy, with Bob Iger

It is, and I think actually, if you ask what everything is going to cost before you make everything or even think about making something, then you end up not making a lot that you should have made.

The Rest Is History
RIHC: Disney's Legacy, with Bob Iger

That's an interesting question.

The Rest Is History
RIHC: Disney's Legacy, with Bob Iger

I've really not thought about what it is we haven't done.

The Rest Is History
RIHC: Disney's Legacy, with Bob Iger

We're always dreaming about what it is we can do.

The Rest Is History
RIHC: Disney's Legacy, with Bob Iger

And if you look at my tenure in this role, I'm very proud of the array of great stories that we've been able to tell, some through acquisition of companies, starting with Pixar in 2006.

The Rest Is History
RIHC: Disney's Legacy, with Bob Iger

And I think about the wonderful stories those artists and storytellers have told over the years from Inside Out and Up to Coco and I could go on and on.

The Rest Is History
RIHC: Disney's Legacy, with Bob Iger

And then of course there was Marvel and the stories we've told there.

The Rest Is History
RIHC: Disney's Legacy, with Bob Iger

Obviously Black Panther and Avengers stand out.

The Rest Is History
RIHC: Disney's Legacy, with Bob Iger

And then ultimately buying Lucasfilm from George Lucas in 2012 and continuing basically the mythology that he created, which I think should be considered among the greatest mythology created at least in our lifetime.

The Rest Is History
RIHC: Disney's Legacy, with Bob Iger

and telling more Star Wars tales and then buying 20th Century Fox and working with Jim Cameron on Pandora and Avatar films, for instance.

The Rest Is History
RIHC: Disney's Legacy, with Bob Iger

And as we look ahead, there are so many stories that we're planning to tell that it's really not about what we're missing.

The Rest Is History
RIHC: Disney's Legacy, with Bob Iger

It's how do we get all of these right?

The Rest Is History
RIHC: Disney's Legacy, with Bob Iger

We have an unbelievable luxury of just great riches.