Jim Henson - Puppets Quotes

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Puppets have the same sort of graceful aging that cartoon characters have.

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
There are so many forms of puppets. The ones on 'Sesame Street' are probably the most simple that we do.

Jim Henson
With puppets, I don't think you should try to duplicate what humans do. It can cause problems.

Jim Henson
Frankly, I'm a lot more comfortable if I'm wearing a puppet.

Jim Henson
The puppets in 'Dark Crystal' were very complicated, and some quite unpleasant. In that movie, I think we got into areas a bit too realistic.

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
There must be a lot of shy actor in puppeteering. His work is the puppeteer's statement. It's his outlet. If I had to face the audience myself, as Jim Henson, I'm sure I'd be just a bit shy. But when it's your puppets that face the audience, it's different. That I can do very easily.

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