John Hench

Of course, it gave the studio an enormous power, because I don't know any other place who had that skill with images…

— John Hench

It's an enormous amount of work: there are 28 separate buildings, and I work on the choice of the colors for everything.…

— John Hench

We were trained from cartoons. Everything who was on the screen was chosen. Anything who was not there was deliberately not there.

— John Hench

Walt had a marvelous intuition. And because he understood people very well, liked them and had great respect for people, there was…

— John Hench

Well, it was never supposed to be like that. Walt died before we had finished. The original idea of Walt's was that…

— John Hench

It was supposed to be in the second street project for Main Street. But who knows? Maybe it will be built one…

— John Hench

Even in China. Children there, next to the Great Wall, who had never seen Mickey Mouse responded. So the studio did have…

— John Hench

I did what we call dry for wet effects, some of the miniatures work and two animation sequences.

— John Hench

But Walt and him shared the same kind of optimism. Walt believed in himself, and he was optimistic about what he wanted…

— John Hench

Walt's idea was that - as soon as the people who were dining got through their main course. They were supposed to…

— John Hench

For instance, some early ideas for Florida were done only recently. The idea of a little village was there from the beginning…

— John Hench

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

I thought that it would be easier to learn that if I worked in motion pictures. So I went to work with…

— John Hench

We don't have too much ritual in our life anymore. And these life symbols which people rely on to keep their feeling…

— John Hench

Color is a very critical thing. I've found that architects don't like colors. Engineers too. And so somebody has to stand in.…

— John Hench

There were no jewelry hidden. Walt wanted this atmosphere: They were supposed to live here, they've been outside somewhere, but they could…

— John Hench

Mickey is one of the prime examples: Mickey has never been suspected of being an American export. It was deja vu. They…

— John Hench

The colors I choose there was to paint the first hotel, the Disneyland Hotel. Because of the cloudy sky we had in…

— John Hench

What happen to the pirates we are supposed to see? Then we go down the chutes, and it's where the pirates were.…

— John Hench

I don't think that was too successful. Because I always thought that the two of them should have been more separate. Also…

— John Hench

I have wanted to be a fine artist painter, and I reached the point in art schools were I'd like to understand…

— John Hench

I suppose that every time there is difficulty. I remember about Space Mountain: It took us ten years before we found the…

— John Hench

Nobody now is going from department to another department. Only Walt did that. I was very fond of him, really.

— John Hench

Because, you know, it's never a hard work when you enjoy yourself. Look, I've been here since 57 years, and I don't…

— John Hench

In live action movies, you just hope that everything works. Because the actor may had a bad morning and doesn't play good,…

— John Hench