Leonard Maltin

Audiences deserve better. ↗

— Leonard Maltin

#better #deserve

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

— Leonard Maltin

#beast #beauty #became #best #best picture

Dumbo... makes me cry. Every single time and in the exact same spot. I just have a special affection for Dumbo. ↗

— Leonard Maltin

#cry #every #exact #i #just

Hollywood executives believe that money is both the be-all and end-all to the moviemaking process. ↗

— Leonard Maltin

#believe #both #end-all #executives #hollywood

I had the great good fortune to interview Peggy Lee. Her memories of working with Walt Disney and his team were warm and upbeat. ↗

— Leonard Maltin

#fortune #good #good fortune #great #had

I teach at USC. I have a big class of 360 kids, only about a fifth of whom are film majors. I don't just show the Hollywood blockbusters. I show independent films, foreign films, documentaries. ↗

— Leonard Maltin

#big #blockbusters #class #documentaries #fifth

I think people in Hollywood are afraid of sentiment because they think audiences will reject it. ↗

— Leonard Maltin

#audiences #because #hollywood #i #i think

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. ↗

— Leonard Maltin

#christmas #cynical #edge #feel #i

I'm a lifelong Disney nut. ↗

— Leonard Maltin

#i #lifelong #nut

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

— Leonard Maltin

#christmas #louse #story #such #up