Animation Lookback: Walt Disney Animation Studios + (TV Mini Series)
Part 8 (2020)
William Patterson: Jeffery Katzenberg
Quotes
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[Jeffrey Katzenberg is sitting at a table with Eric Goldberg, some guy, and Chris Buck]
Jeffery Katzenberg : I'm telling you guys, Pocahontas is a home run! It's basically West Side Story with American Indians. NO!
[Katzenberg stands over the other three men with his arms wide open]
Jeffery Katzenberg : It's Romeo and Juliet with American Indians!
[Katzenberg sits back down]
Jeffery Katzenberg : It's.. IT'S A HIT! It's a hit, I tell you! It has "hit" written all over it! Ha ha!
[Katzenberg holds up a picture of a lion]
Jeffery Katzenberg : Lion King on the other hand... I want to say it's kind of an experiment. I mean, we don't really know if anybody truly wants to see it.
Eric Goldberg : Hate to say it, but don't count your eggs before they hatch, Jeffrey. Also, are we even ready to represent Native Americans again in our animated films? I mean
[Goldberg pulls up a picture of the Chief from Peter Pan]
Eric Goldberg : the last time we've done it, things didn't...
Jeffery Katzenberg : HEY HEY HEY HEY! That was a different time! Besides, there's no need to worry. I'm positive that this film will be our next Beauty and the Beast. Only this time, we will win that Oscar! I can see it now. NO! I can feel it now!
[Katzenberg starts rubbing $100 bills on his nipples]
Jeffery Katzenberg : Oh... oh yeah. Mmm oh... Oh baby, you're feeling fine. Oh... OH COME HERE, YOU!
[Katzenbergs starts making out with the money as the other three men look on dumbfounded]
Jeffery Katzenberg : It's all about the Benjamins, baby!
[Katzenberg laughs to himself]
Chris Buck : Should uh... should we stop this?
Eric Goldberg : Nah nah, let him have his moment just a little bit.
[a zipper is heard unzipped, horrifying the three men]
Eric Goldberg : Okay, that's our cue. Let's get out of here.
[the three men make a run for it]
Jeffery Katzenberg : Oh yeah, you like that, Lincoln?