Jim Henson: Work

Jim Henson was American puppeteer. Explore interesting quotes on work.
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“If you care about what you do and work hard at it, there isn't anything you can't do if you want to.”

Jim Henson

Source: It's Not Easy Being Green: And Other Things to Consider

“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

Interview with Associated Press (1987)

People , Thinking , Parent

“If any-thing, there's a difference in working with color in England and the color in the U. S.”

Jim Henson

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Interview with Judy Harris (1982)

Color

“Jim Henson was a one-of-a-kind visionary whose works have entertained and sparked the imagination of millions of people across the globe for generations.”

Jim Henson

Tanya Lopez, senior vice president of original movies for A+E Networks — cited in: October 17, 2015, United Press International, 'Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow' to air on Lifetime this November, July 9, 2015, Karen Butler, August 25, 2015, https://web.archive.org/web/20150825182444/http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/TV/2015/07/09/Jim-Hensons-Turkey-Hollow-to-air-on-Lifetime-this-November/2971436466697/ http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/TV/2015/07/09/Jim-Hensons-Turkey-Hollow-to-air-on-Lifetime-this-November/2971436466697/,
About

People , Imagination

“Personally, I prefer working in the background.”

Jim Henson

Interview with Copley News Service (1976)

Personality

“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.”

Jim Henson

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

“What do we want our children to get from Henson’s work? The same thing we learned from it. The philosophy of a gentle dreamer. The message that was encapsulated in “The Rainbow Connection” – the one about the “The lovers, the dreamers, and me.” It’s the idea that life is about making a difference, a positive change. And we’ve all heard it, even the Howard Roarks among us, calling our names.”

Jim Henson

Elizabeth Hyde Stevens, "Millennials just don’t get it! How the Muppets created Generation X" http://www.salon.com/2014/04/06/millennials_just_dont_get_it_how_the_muppets_created_generation_x/, Salon (April 6, 2014)
About

Life , Children , Lovers , Idea

“The people who worked for Jim felt like family and he treated them like family.”

Jim Henson

About, "Jim Henson's Muppets legacy lives on 25 years after his death" by Bill Prady

Family , People