Jim Henson - People Quotes

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There are people who think that we should never reveal anything, never show puppeteers and all of that. It tends to be something that parents worry about more than kids, because kids work just at face value.

Jim Henson
People shouldn't come expecting to see the Muppets because they are not here. This is something else.

Jim Henson
In actuality, Muppets was a word we just coined. It was merely to be the name of our act.... I used to say to people that it was a combination of 'marionettes' and 'puppets.'... But then I stopped telling this lie, and I'm back to the truth: It just came out of midair.

Jim Henson
I think it's good to be your own person. But individuality is a mixed blessing. People who are 'different' are isolated.

Jim Henson
I know I drive some people crazy with what seems like ridiculous optimism, but it has always worked for me.

Jim Henson
If our 'message' is anything, it's a positive approach to life. That life is basically good. People are basically good.

Jim Henson
Many creative people have a certain degree of dissatisfaction with the status quo, the established way. If you look at things differently, you are thought of as 'different.' In turn, 'different' people are thought to be 'mad.'

Jim Henson
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
Puppetry's a lot harder than people realize, and it's particularly difficult doing a movie. You have this scene with all these puppets, and when something goes wrong, you've got to set the whole thing up to do it again. With people, you ask an actor to walk across the room a second or third time, and he does it. That's it.

Jim Henson
A film is not done by one person. It's done by a lot of people. I love this whole collaborative aspect. When it works well, you end up with something better than any of us started out to do.

Jim Henson