Joseph Barbera
Joseph Barbera
Joseph Roland "Joe" Barberawas an 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCartoonist
Date of Birth24 March 1911
CountryUnited States of America
american-cartoonist business good
Friends don't necessarily made good business or creative partners.
american-cartoonist basket chasing hope mouse point stop
I hope we don't get to the point where we have to have the cat stop chasing the mouse to teach him glassblowing and basket weaving.
based bible cartoons series
I first pitched the idea of doing a series of cartoons based on Bible stories. They didn't much like it.
american-cartoonist helm himself holds sailed ted turner
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.
american-cartoonist few pitches
You keep pitching. Most of the pitches run wild. A few are caught.
long important would-be
So the stock market could have a negative wealth effect and weigh on capital spending, but a sharp decline in long-term interest rates would be an important counterweight.
running men cartoon
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.
fall empires lasts
My last days at MGM were like the fall of the Roman Empire in fast motion.
party drinking singing
The Christmas parties were orgies of drinking and singing and groping and pawing. Cartoon staffers invested their own money in preparatory liquor.
kids more-time alone-time
I don't know that I spent any more time alone than any other kid, but being by myself never bothered me.
laughter real heartless
What the real world of 1941 needed most was the release and relief provided by laughter.
want littles publicity
Publicity gets more than a little tiring. You want it, you need it, you crave it, and you're scared as hell when it stops.
cartoon done magazines
After I had done a handful of cartoons I was satisfied with, I started submitting them to the magazines.
phases bills awful
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.