76 Quotes by Leonard Maltin

If your sense of humor was shaped by Looney Tunes, you’re set for life.

While it was occasionally done here or there, nobody else had a figurehead like Walt doing it. Jack Warner wasn't on TV. Walt was the boss, but he had a real public profile and he used it to his advantage. And he became a household face.

Shakespeare wrote great plays that we're still watching all these years later. Charlie Chaplin made great comedies and they are still as funny today as they ever were.

A Christmas Carol is such a fool-proof story you can't louse it up.

Everyone is looking for the sure thing. They are looking to hedge their bet. They think the way to do that is to go with a proven quantity, a remake of something you have already seen. That is their mindset.

If I were less than honest as a critic, I think people would spot that right away, and it would destroy my credibility.

Television is what made It's a Wonderful Life the classic it is today.

Beauty and the Beast became the first animated feature ever nominated for best picture.

I think the people who are making Christmas-themed movies today feel that people are more cynical about Christmas. There's more of an edge.