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Joseph Barbera
March 24, 1911 - December 18, 2006
Nationality: American
Category: Cartoonist
Subcategory: American Cartoonist

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.

   

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.

   

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.

   

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

   

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.

   

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.

   

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

   

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

   

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

   

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.

   

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

   

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

   

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.

   

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

   

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

   

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

    Topics: Business

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

   

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

   

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