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I first pitched the idea of doing a series of cartoons based on Bible stories. They didn't much like it.

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

Joseph Barbera

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

Joseph Barbera

Friends don't necessarily made good business or creative partners.

Joseph Barbera

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

Joseph Barbera

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.

Joseph Barbera

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.

Joseph Barbera

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

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

Joseph Barbera

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

I first pitched the idea of doing a series of cartoons based on Bible stories. They didn't much like it.

Joseph Barbera

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.

Joseph Barbera

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

Joseph Barbera

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

Joseph Barbera

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

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

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

Joseph Barbera

When animators weren't sleeping, they were drinking.

Joseph Barbera

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

After I had done a handful of cartoons I was satisfied with, I started submitting them to the magazines.

Joseph Barbera

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

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.

Joseph Barbera

I hate fishing, and I can't imagine why anyone would want to hike when you can get in the car and drive.

Joseph Barbera

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

Joseph Barbera

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

Joseph Barbera

I was 82 years old before Who's Who thought I was enough of a big shot to do a piece on me.

Joseph Barbera

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

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

Joseph Barbera

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

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

Joseph Barbera

Despite the rejection, and in violation of all the rules, I came back year after year.

Joseph Barbera