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I'm probably the worst person in the world to give advice to puppeteers. My whole attitude towards puppets from the beginning was not one of love, but it was like anti-puppetry.

Wayne White

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Wayne White
Age: 104
Born: 1920
Born: November 15
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All I'm really concerned with is doing my thing.
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I throw dignity out the window, and just become a creature of the moment on the stage. I act like I'd never act in real life.
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I can't help it. I always focus in on the negative.
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When I perform I'm very extroverted and I wear my heart on my sleeve and some people don't like that. They're embarrassed for me.
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I had to learn to do stuff only for myself, and stop thinking about pleasing some imaginary client or boss. It's a habit that many artists get into that have worked in commercial ventures.
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I'm a perfectionist I guess. Everyone has to love me.
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I've been very lucky. I've had three separate careers: freelance illustrator, then set designer, puppetteer and animator, and now fine artist. I just bluffed my way into every one of 'em!
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You're free because you don't have to expose yourself, and you can go wild, and let your id completely out of its box, and nobody will see you because you're operating through a surrogate. It's an opportunity to crack open your shell, to melt down yourself, and just let yourself go. It's a form of catharsis for me.
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People that are born beautiful like supermodels act like entitled a**holes. It makes you embarrassed just to see 'em. They handle beauty embarrassingly.
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When we see something beautiful it calls up raw, naked emotion and that's an embarrassing situation to be in.
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When I commit to working with an artist, I give them as much respect as I would like and if I'm not going to commit that way, then I don't want to work with you.
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I'm just a mule with blinders on, I can't help myself.
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I hate people who act too cool for school. Just own up to it, dude.
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