Bob Iger
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You missed out the Muppets.
because I guess we do own the Muppets along the way.
We're actually working on something for the Muppets right now.
Oh, that's good news.
Well, I certainly don't consider myself an emperor.
No, I don't think about, I think about the power of a great story, of course, but I don't think about us being powerful.
I think about us having the luxury of, and that includes both the luxury of being involved with great artists and the luxury of having the resources to tell wonderful stories to the world.
And hopefully through our storytelling,
to have a positive influence on the world.
Certainly in today's world, just the ability to make really billions of people happy is an incredible luxury and something that I'm very mindful of.
But I don't think about it in terms of having power, except maybe the power to do good.
By the way, in terms of storytelling, you may both appreciate this.
One of the biggest challenges we have when we tell these stories is figuring out what the villain is all about.
You tell stories about villains all the time.
What is motivating the villain?
Why is the villain so villainous?
Well, they never think they're the villain, do they?
No one thinks they're the villain.
No, they don't.