Joseph Barbera Quotes

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

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

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• 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.

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• In those days, boxing was very glamorous and romantic. You listened to fights on the radio, and a good announcer made it seem like a contest between gladiators.

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• Happiness is the real sense of fulfillment that comes from hard work.

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

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• While I have never been a regular churchgoer, I’m anything but immune to the power and the majesty of the religious experience.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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

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

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

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

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• I don’t know that I spent any more time alone than any other kid, but being by myself never bothered me.

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• Friends don’t necessarily made good business or creative partners.

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

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• Except for me, no one in my family could draw.

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• 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.

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• Among the great glories of the MGM lot were the vast outdoor sets that had been constructed over the years.

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Joseph Barbera (39)

Birth:	24th March, 1911
Death:	18th December, 2006
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Animator, Artist, Director, Producer, Writer

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