The Quotable Michael Eisner
Now that Disney CEO Michael Eisner is getting comfortable with the idea of retiring from his post, it seems that the embattled lame-duck has fired the little gatekeeper in his head that stops his internal monologue from sneaking past his lips:
· Eisner on the merits of Disney's upcoming CGI cartoon, Rapunzel Unleashed, vs. the company's extremely profitable movies with Pixar: "Eisner, less tactfully, later called the Disney-Pixar CGI pics 'pretty pathetic,' artistically speaking, compared with efforts like 'Rapunzel.'"
· Eisner on Jean Slutsky Nidetch, the founder of Weight Watchers, at a recent event for the book They Made America: "With a name like Slutsky, you'd gain weight, too, to protect yourself."
That last one wasn't at harsh as it sounds. Apparently, Eisner thought she was dead when he made the remark. He'd never call a living woman a fat slut—at least not until she turned him down for a quickie.