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.
american-cartoonist few pitches
You keep pitching. Most of the pitches run wild. A few are caught.
drinking sleep animator
When animators weren't sleeping, they were drinking.
play rats actors
I was convinced there as only one actor to play Templeton the Rat, and that was Tony Randall.
religious religion majesty
While I have never been a regular churchgoer, I'm anything but immune to the power and the majesty of the religious experience.
jobs men years
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.
children character parent
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.
writing attractive-things attractive
One of the most attractive things about writing your autobiography is that you're not dead.
years office dots
Not once in six years did I make it to the office by 9 on the dot.
should-have years impulsive
My marriage had been impulsive. That marriage should have been short-lived instead of the 23 years it spanned.
fall empires lasts
My last days at MGM were like the fall of the Roman Empire in fast motion.