To think six years ahead - even two or three - in this business of making animated cartoon features, it takes calculated risk and much more than blind faith in the future of theatrical motion pictures. I see motion pictures as a family-founded institution closely related to the life and labor of millions of people. Entertainment such as our business provides has become a necessity, not a luxury. Curiously, it is the part which offers us the greatest reassurance about the future in the animation field.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Making animated features requires long-term planning and viewing entertainment as a necessity.
- In plain terms
- Plan years ahead and see entertainment as needed.
- What can you take from it?
- Plan long-term and treat entertainment as essential.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How far ahead do you plan?
- Is entertainment a luxury or need?
Another view
Long-term planning can fail if market conditions change rapidly.
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