But with The Dark Crystal, instead of puppetry we're trying to go toward a sense of realism - toward a reality of creatures that are actually alive and we're mixing up puppetry and all kinds of other techniques. Jim Henson alivecreaturecrystal share on social
No, there's not much competition between puppeteers in general because everybody's working their own style. Jim Henson competitiongeneralpuppeteer Change image and share on social
You're assisting the audience to understand; you're giving them a bridge or an access. And if you don't give them that, if you keep it more abstract, it's almost more pure. It's a cooler thing. Jim Henson abstractaccessassist Change image and share on social
Well, Detroit Institute is kind of a key - probably the largest permanent collection of puppets in the US. Jim Henson collectiondetroitinstitute Change image and share on social
We thought it would be fun to try to design a show that would work well internationally and so that' s what we're intending to do with Fraggle Rock, and we are indeed now selling it around the world. Jim Henson designfragglefun Change image and share on social
There was a little afternoon show that was called Afternoon. Back in those days in television, most local stations had a midday show for housewives that had a series of things. It was like a variety show for midday. Jim Henson afternoonbackcall share on social
It has always been difficult to get Big Bird to be very pretty. Big Bird in England is much more gorgeous. Jim Henson bigbirddifficult Change image and share on social
I decided that what I really wanted to do was go off and paint. Jim Henson decidepaintwant Change image and share on social
I've never felt any sense of competition with anybody, and we're all friends; we're all good friends. Jim Henson competitionfeltfriend Change image and share on social
Actually the copies of characters is something I don't particularly like to talk about in articles but just for your information, most characters there's only one. Jim Henson articlecharactercopy Change image and share on social
