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
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
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
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
When I was young, my ambition was to be one of the people who made a difference in this world. My hope is to leave the world a little better for having been there. Jim Henson ambitiondifferencehope 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
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
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
