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
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
Yeah, I think we did the term Muppets before we got the show Sam and Friends - a few months after I started working. Jim Henson friendmonthmuppet Change image and share on social
When The Muppet Show ended, we all sat around and said, what kind of television show would we like to do. We felt the need these days are for some quality children's programming. Jim Henson childdayend 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
If you're doing a large, complicated character with radio controls, it might take a number of people several months to make it and if you're talking about a quick little hand puppet, it could be made in 2 days, so there's enormous range there, and no real easy generalities. Jim Henson charactercomplicatecontrol share on social
If anything, there's a difference in working with color in England and the color in the US. Jim Henson colordifferenceengland Change image and 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
