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

Timing in life is everything.
Leonard Maltin

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

Quality survives.
Leonard Maltin

Audiences deserve better.
Leonard Maltin

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.
Leonard Maltin

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.
Leonard Maltin

The last person to stand still and repeat himself was Walt Disney. He refused to repeat himself. So to think that he'd be making the same kind of film in the year 2001 that he made in 1941 is absurd.
Leonard Maltin