Joseph Barbera Quotes

Quotes about:

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

Hard Work, Character, Mean

Joseph Barbera (1994). “My Life in 'Toons: From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century”, Turner Pub

49 Copy quote
I cannot say who, precisely, came up with the idea of a Stone Age family.

Joseph Barbera

Ideas, Age, Stones

"Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

25 Copy quote
That's what keeps me going: dreaming, inventing, then hoping and dreaming some more in order to keep dreaming.

Joseph Barbera

Dream, Order, Racist

Joseph Barbera (1994). “My Life in 'Toons: From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century”, Turner Pub

16 Copy quote
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.

Joseph Barbera

Needs, Want, Littles

"Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

3 Copy quote
I learned long ago to accept the fact that not everything I create will see the light of day.

Joseph Barbera

Light, Long Ago, Facts

Joseph Barbera (1994). “My Life in 'Toons: From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century”, Turner Pub

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

Joseph Barbera

Years, Outside Looking In

Joseph Barbera (1994). “My Life in 'Toons: From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century”, Turner Pub

6 Copy quote
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

Children, Character, Parent

Joseph Barbera (1994). “My Life in 'Toons: From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century”, Turner Pub

6 Copy quote
I never got tired of Tom and Jerry, but I did have a dream of doing more with my life than making cartoons.

Joseph Barbera

Dream, Tired, Cartoon

Joseph Barbera (1994). “My Life in 'Toons: From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century”, Turner Pub

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

Joseph Barbera

Creating, Growth, Fantasy

"Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

7 Copy quote
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

Thrill, Getting High, Levels

Joseph Barbera (1994). “My Life in 'Toons: From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century”, Turner Pub

6 Copy quote
The Christmas parties were orgies of drinking and singing and groping and pawing. Cartoon staffers invested their own money in preparatory liquor.

Joseph Barbera

Party, Drinking, Singing

5 Copy quote
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.

Joseph Barbera

Long, Important, Negative

6 Copy quote
What about Mickey Mouse? Disney tried very hard to make him a star. But Mickey Mouse is more of a symbol than a real character.

Joseph Barbera

Stars, Real, Character

"Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

6 Copy quote
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

Running, Men, Cartoon

"Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

6 Copy quote
Except for me, no one in my family could draw.

Joseph Barbera

My Family, Draws

Joseph Barbera (1994). “My Life in 'Toons: From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century”, Turner Pub

6 Copy quote
While I have never been a regular churchgoer, I'm anything but immune to the power and the majesty of the religious experience.

Joseph Barbera

Religious, Religion, Majesty

Joseph Barbera (1994). “My Life in 'Toons: From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century”, Turner Pub

6 Copy quote
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

Ideas, Laughing, Rooms

"Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

6 Copy quote
What the real world of 1941 needed most was the release and relief provided by laughter.

Joseph Barbera

Laughter, Real, Heartless

"Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

Joseph Barbera

Play, Actors, Rats

"Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

6 Copy quote
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

Choices, Teeth, Dentist

Joseph Barbera (1994). “My Life in 'Toons: From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century”, Turner Pub

45 Copy quote
One of the most attractive things about writing your autobiography is that you're not dead.

Joseph Barbera

Writing, Attractive Things, Attractive

"Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

5 Copy quote
Not once in six years did I make it to the office by 9 on the dot.

Joseph Barbera

Years, Office, Dots

"Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

6 Copy quote
I don't know that I spent any more time alone than any other kid, but being by myself never bothered me.

Joseph Barbera

Kids, More Time, Alone Time

Joseph Barbera (1994). “My Life in 'Toons: From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century”, Turner Pub

6 Copy quote
My last days at MGM were like the fall of the Roman Empire in fast motion.

Joseph Barbera

Fall, Empires, Lasts

"Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

7 Copy quote
Los Angeles was an impression of failure, of disappointment, of despair, and of oddly makeshift lives. This is California? I thought.

Joseph Barbera

Disappointment, California, Despair

Joseph Barbera (1994). “My Life in 'Toons: From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century”, Turner Pub

8 Copy quote

You May Also Like:

Mel Blanc

John Kricfalusi

Rosie O'Donnell

Joseph Barbera

Follow

Born: March 24, 1911
Died: December 18, 2006
Occupation: Animator
Cite this Page: Citation

Popular Topics