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Jim Henson
Age: 53 †
Born: 1936
Born: September 24
Died: 1990
Died: May 16
Actor
Animator
Film Director
Film Producer
Puppeteer
Screenwriter
Television Director
Television Producer
Voice Actor
Greenville
Mississippi
James Maury Henson
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Mets
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If anything, there's a difference in working with color in England and the color in the US.
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If our 'message' is anything, it's a positive approach to life. That life is basically good. People are basically good.
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No, there's not much competition between puppeteers in general because everybody's working their own style.
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Take what you got and fly with it.
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I think if you study--if you learn too much of what others have done, you may tend to take the same direction as everybody else.
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.
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Cara: *Flies* Gen: What? I don't have wings! Cara: Ofcourse not! You're a boy.
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[Kids] don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are.
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It all ends in one of two ways: either someone gets eaten or something blows up.
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Music is an essential part of everything we do. Like puppetry, music has an abstract quality which speaks to a worldwide audience in a wonderful way that nourishes the soul.
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Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered I have fought my way here to the castle beyond the Goblin City to take back the child you have stolen, for my will is as strong as yours and my kingdom as great. You have no power over me!
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Life is meant to be fun, and joyous, and fulfilling.
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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.
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I believe that life is basically a process of growth-that we go through many lives, choosing those situations and problems that we will learn through.
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(Lisa Henson about her father) He admired the job of the man who walks along the road picking up trash with a long stick. He thought that guy had a great job, walking along with a stick, enjoying the road, and doing only good in the world, with hundreds of small actions.
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I've never felt any sense of competition with anybody, and we're all friends. We're all good friends.
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My hope still is to leave the world a bit better than when I got here.
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The beauty of nature has been one of the great inspirations in my life.
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There was a little afternoon show that was called Afternoon. Back in those days in television, most local stations had a midday show for housewives that had a series of things. It was like a variety show for midday.
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Do the jobs you like least first. It makes each successive job easier.
Jim Henson