Jim Henson: Puppet

Jim Henson was American puppeteer. Explore interesting quotes on puppet.

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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.”

Interview with Associated Press (1987)

“Frankly, I'm a lot more comfortable if I'm wearing a puppet.”

Interview with Copley News Service (1976)

“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.”

Interview with Associated Press (1984)

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

Interview with Associated Press (1984)

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

Interview with Associated Press (1986)

“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.”

Interview with Associated Press (1986)

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

Interview with Associated Press (1984)

“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.”

In response to Don Freeman's question: "Is the puppeteer a shy actor?"
Interview with Copley News Service (1976)

“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.”

Interview with Associated Press (1984)

“Henson was an innovator from the start: At a time when many TV puppets relied on wood and strings, he opted for softer materials like felt and foam. This enabled his creations to express a range of emotions, unlike, say, an eternally grinning Howdy Doody.”

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