I think my own strengths are in television production. Jim Henson productionstrengthtelevision Change image and share on social
When I was a kid, I never saw a puppet show. I never played with puppets or had any interest in them. Jim Henson interestkidplay Change image and share on social
At the time of Polaroid - and I did a couple of other commercials just before I stopped doing that stuff - at that point I was at the level where they respect you and your opinion and all that sort of thing. Jim Henson commercialcouplelevel 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
Yeah, I did some small parts in high school and the first year of college and then fairly soon thereafter I settled into the backstage scenery, and then at the University of Maryland I was doing posters for their productions. Jim Henson backstagecollegefairly share on social
Yeah, well when I first started working, it was $5 a show; it was probably a little higher by the time I got to my own show, but I remember that they put me under contract at $100 a week, which to me was really an astronomical price. Jim Henson astronomicalcontracthigh 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
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
Yeah, we pretty much had a form and a shape by that time - a style - and I think one of the advantages of not having any relationship to any other puppeteer was that it gave me a reason to put those together myself for the needs of television. Jim Henson advantageformgive share on social
