We don't have too much ritual in our life anymore. And these life symbols which people rely on to keep their feeling of well being, that life is not too bad after all are required more and more. — John Hench Copy Share Image
Of course, it gave the studio an enormous power, because I don't know any other place who had that skill with images to communicate… — John Hench Copy Share Image
It's an enormous amount of work: there are 28 separate buildings, and I work on the choice of the colors for everything. Outside colors,… — John Hench Copy Share Image
We were trained from cartoons. Everything who was on the screen was chosen. Anything who was not there was deliberately not there. — John Hench Copy Share Image
Walt had a marvelous intuition. And because he understood people very well, liked them and had great respect for people, there was nothing cynical… — John Hench Copy Share Image
Well, it was never supposed to be like that. Walt died before we had finished. The original idea of Walt's was that you came… — John Hench Copy Share Image
It was supposed to be in the second street project for Main Street. But who knows? Maybe it will be built one of these… — John Hench Copy Share Image
Even in China. Children there, next to the Great Wall, who had never seen Mickey Mouse responded. So the studio did have that skill… — John Hench Copy Share Image
I did what we call dry for wet effects, some of the miniatures work and two animation sequences. — John Hench Copy Share Image
But Walt and him shared the same kind of optimism. Walt believed in himself, and he was optimistic about what he wanted to do.… — John Hench Copy Share Image
Walt's idea was that - as soon as the people who were dining got through their main course. They were supposed to all be… — John Hench Copy Share Image
For instance, some early ideas for Florida were done only recently. The idea of a little village was there from the beginning and now… — John Hench Copy Share Image
I helped develop Disney's) special effects department at that time, which helped very much when we worked on "20000 Leagues under the Sea" — John Hench Copy Share Image
