Sure , you make out old Walt from Mickey Mouse , Disneyland , Walt Disney World and basically any animated film that did n’t go flat to video , but how much do you really know about this American genius ? Here ’s a fact list with just a few of our favorite things
1. The Specs
Height : 5 ' 10"Eyes : drear brownStar Sign : Sagittarius , born Dec. 5 , 1901(Our ) Favorite Quote : " It ’s kind of sport to do the impossible . “
2. Turn-ons:
3. Turn-offs:
Wrinkles ( he had " ˜em airbrush off his promotional pics ) , criticism ( he once shed an Oscar at his brother ’s head when he doubted him ) , and union ( he think they were part of a communistic plot against him ) .
4. Hobbies
Disney tried to take up golf when his doctor urge he learn to relax , but he became consumed with perfecting his game . He ’d get up at 4:30 a.m. to toy a round before work every day , which cease up adding to his stress .
5. Favorite Creation
6. Favorite Hiding Place
Walt had a tiny apartment built for himself in Disneyland above the Main Street blast station so he could be close to his creation " ¦ even in his nap .
7. Favorite Pastime
He walked around Disneyland with a little blue notepad ( no one else in the company was earmark to practice one like it ) and left elaborate notes about possible improvement .
According to legend, the young Disney married his secretary, Lillian Bounds, because he couldn’t afford to pay her $15-a-week salary.
9. Disney as a Sleeping Beauty
Disney had little interest in medicine . During the production of " Fantasia,“ he purchased season tickets to a local symphony , but always fall benumbed during carrying out .
10. Tricks of the Trade
As a son , Disney won talent competitions for his impression of Charlie Chaplin , and he often encouraged animators to do out scenes before putting them to paper . At one meeting in preparation for " Snow White,“ he roleplay out the entire flick , take on all the parts himself . This performance help as the usher for all originative motion on the flick .
11. But…
Despite his bent for caricature , Disney had a pitiful sensory faculty of humor and was supposedly pretty unfunny .
