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Jim Henson Quotes

American - Entertainer | September 24, 1936 - May 16, 1990

I was very interested in theatre, mostly in stage design. I did a little bit of acting.

Theatre Design Acting Stage Little

I do remember doing shows strictly in black and white, too, so you're right.

Black And White Black Doing Remember

Somebody like a Piggy or a Kermit, there needs to be several versions and so there will be several of them.

Will Somebody Like Needs Them

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.

Children Quality Television Said

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.

Respect Time Opinion Doing You

I decided that what I really wanted to do was go off and paint.

Go Paint Off Wanted Really Decided

Yeah, well when I first started working, it was $5 a show; it was probably a little higher by the time I got to my own show, but I remember that they put me under contract at $100 a week, which to me was really an astronomical price.

Time Me Remember Week Price My Own

Yeah, I think we did the term Muppets before we got the show Sam and Friends - a few months after I started working.

Think Friends Started Working Show

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.

Reality Trying Dark Alive Go Up

Yeah, I did some small parts in high school and the first year of college and then fairly soon thereafter I settled into the backstage scenery, and then at the University of Maryland I was doing posters for their productions.

School College Small Scenery Year

At the University of Maryland, my first year I started off planning to major in art because I was interested in theatre design, stage design or television design.

Art Theatre Planning Design Year

No, there's not much competition between puppeteers in general because everybody's working their own style.

Style Competition Own Working Much

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