Today’s youngster has a more highly developed mind, and if you start to play down to them, you lose them. William Hanna Read Quote
We moved amazingly fast because our product was acceptable to a broad market: tots, teenagers, adults. Even to some people who never before liked cartoons. When we started we knew Disney already had the kids. So we figured we should be broader. William Hanna Read Quote
I saw one of the old ‘Tom and Jerry’ cartoons the other day. I hadn’t seen it for 30 years and I didn’t remember it. We made 160 of them! I thought it was a very funny cartoon. William Hanna Read Quote
Cartoons ran into trouble when they became too much like real life images. Cartoons had become poor imitations of the real thing. William Hanna Read Quote
We’re delighted that Freddie Flintstone and his friends have made such a hit. The comedy is not the old cartoon slapstick. Most of it is situation stuff and dialogue. William Hanna Read Quote
I think ‘The Simpsons’ is in the right time slot because it’s not a show for kids. It’s too vulgar. And ‘Ren and Stimpy’ is worse. We would never do anything like that. William Hanna Read Quote
We almost decided on a dog and a fox before we hit on the idea of using a cat and mouse. William Hanna Read Quote
We became very good in developing comical sight gags when we made ‘The Flintstones.’ William Hanna Read Quote
