15 Jim Henson Quotes for You to Enjoy

Jim Henson

American Entertainer

Born: Sep 24, 1936

Died: May 16, 1990

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My hope still is to leave the world a bit better than when I got here. Jim Henson

Hope World Better Bit Got Still Leave Than Here

The most sophisticated people I know - inside they are all children. Jim Henson

People Inside Sophisticated Know Most Children

I've never felt any sense of competition with anybody, and we're all friends; we're all good friends. Jim Henson

Good Competition Sense Good Friends Never Felt Friends Any Anybody

If you're doing a large, complicated character with radio controls, it might take a number of people several months to make it and if you're talking about a quick little hand puppet, it could be made in 2 days, so there's enormous range there, and no real easy generalities. Jim Henson

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

Competition Style Own Everybody General Between Because Much Working

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. Jim Henson

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

Needs Will Somebody Several Like Versions Them

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. Jim Henson

Local Back Those Television Stations Variety Had Days Like Most Housewives Midday Afternoon Little Show Series Things

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. Jim Henson

NBC was trying to convert all of their local programming to color right away to encourage the sale of the sets, so I barely remember working in black and white, although I do know that I did do it, but there was not a major difference, though. Jim Henson

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If anything, there's a difference in working with color in England and the color in the US. Jim Henson

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I think my own strengths are in television production. Jim Henson

Own Think Television My Own Production Strengths

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