Quotes by Joseph Barbera

About Joseph Barbera:

Joseph Roland "Joe" Barbera was an Italian-American animator, director, producer, storyboard artist, and cartoon artist, whose film and television cartoon characters entertained millions of fans worldwide for much of the 20th century.
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I learned long ago to accept the fact that not everything I create will see the light of day.

Joseph Barbera

I have spent a lot of years on the outside looking in.

Joseph Barbera

I first pitched the idea of doing a series of cartoons based on Bible stories. They didn't much like it.

Joseph Barbera

When animators weren't sleeping, they were drinking.

Joseph Barbera

I was convinced there as only one actor to play Templeton the Rat, and that was Tony Randall.

Joseph Barbera

I don't know anyone who enjoys going to the hospital. To help remedy this, I got an idea to create what a Laugh Room in the pediatric ward of hospitals.

Joseph Barbera

High-level, big-deal publicity has a way of getting old for me, but what never fails to thrill me is when I make personal appearances.

Joseph Barbera

Faced with the choice of enduring a bad toothache or going to the dentist, we generally tried to ride out the bad tooth.

Joseph Barbera

Despite the rejection, and in violation of all the rules, I came back year after year.

Joseph Barbera

After I had done a handful of cartoons I was satisfied with, I started submitting them to the magazines.

Joseph Barbera

There is no law that says a man who earned a hundred million dollars in his first half-dozen years on the job has to be a decent human being, but Mike Eisner is that and more.

Joseph Barbera

Ted Turner sailed into the meeting, and I mean sailed. He holds himself as if he were at the helm of his sailboat, in the process of winning the race.

Joseph Barbera

Parents look at me like I'm somebody pretty important, and say, We were raised on your characters, and now we're enjoying them all over again with our children.

Joseph Barbera

Creating fantasy is a very personal thing, but you can't take the process too personally.

Joseph Barbera

My biggest kick comes from the individual fans I run into. Middle-aged men ask me when we're going to do more Johnny Quest cartoons.

Joseph Barbera

My marriage had been impulsive. That marriage should have been short-lived instead of the 23 years it spanned.

Joseph Barbera

Bill Hanna and I owe an awful lot to television, but we both got our start and built the first phase of our partnership in the movies.

Joseph Barbera

Making cartoons means very hard work at every step of the way, but creating a successful cartoon character is the hardest work of all.

Joseph Barbera

Author Bio

  • NameJoseph Barbera
  • DescriptionAmerican animator, director, producer, storyboard artist, and cartoon artist
  • BornMarch 24, 1911
  • DiedDecember 18, 2006
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionFilm Producer; Film Director; Animator; Writer
  • AwardsEmmy Award