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 o…
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About Jim Henson
James Maury Henson was an American puppeteer and filmmaker who achieved worldwide notability as the creator of the Muppets. Henson was also well known for creating Fraggle Rock (1983–1987) and directing The Dark Crystal (1982) and Labyrinth (1986), as well as creating the Muppets for Sesame Street (1969–present).
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by Jim HensonYeah, we pretty much had a form and a shape by that time - a style - and I think one of the advantages of not having any relationship to any other puppeteer was that it gave me a reason to put those …
And also there wasn't much money in television in those days anyhow.
Life's like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending.
When I was young, my ambition was to be one of the people who made a difference in this world. My hope is to leave the world a little better for having been there.
My hope still is to leave the world a bit better than when I got here.
We thought it would be fun to try to design a show that would work well internationally and so that' s what we're intending to do with Fraggle Rock, and we are indeed now selling it around the world.
I was very interested in theatre, mostly in stage design. I did a little bit of acting.
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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.
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.