Didier Ghez: When and where were you born and what did you do before joining Disney?
Jim Sarno: I was born in 1952 in Chicago, Illinois, and at six months moved to California. At five, I was taken to Disneyland, like most of us kids, and that did it. I started school and I got the nickname "Dumbo." As a child I hated the nickname because my ears stuck out, and you know how kids tease you. When I went to Disneyland and saw that they all had big ears -Mickey, Minnie, Dumbo, etc.-and everybody loved them, I thought, "This is where I belong." I went on doing art as a child and did art all through school. It's kind of what helped me survive it all.
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| Title | |
|---|---|
| Source type | Book Series |
| Volume | 28 Chapter: 20 |
| Published | |
| Subject date | 2019, 2019-02-01, |
| Language | en |
| Document type | Interview |
| Media type | text |
| Page count | 24 |
| Pages | pp. 333-356 |
| Id | 7253 |
|---|---|
| Availability | Purchasable |
| Inserted | 2024-01-29 |
