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
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.
drinking sleep animator
When animators weren't sleeping, they were drinking.
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.
play rats actors
I was convinced there as only one actor to play Templeton the Rat, and that was Tony Randall.
years pieces recognition
I was 82 years old before Who's Who thought I was enough of a big shot to do a piece on me.
long-ago light facts
I learned long ago to accept the fact that not everything I create will see the light of day.
years outside-looking-in
I have spent a lot of years on the outside looking in.
dream tired cartoon
I never got tired of Tom and Jerry, but I did have a dream of doing more with my life than making cartoons.
thrill getting-high levels
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.
dream order never-quit
That's what keeps me going: dreaming, inventing, then hoping and dreaming some more in order to keep dreaming.
ideas age stones
I cannot say who, precisely, came up with the idea of a Stone Age family.
character mean hard-work
Making cartoons means very hard work at every step of the way, but creating a successful cartoon character is the hardest work of all.