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And with puppets, especially in our company, we sort of demand a very high standard of puppetry, so it’s a real technical skill.

  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian Henson Quote - So while you’re trying to improvise, you’re also trying to puppeteer, you’re doing everything that you need to do to perform a puppet in our style, for a camera.

    So while you’re trying to improvise, you’re also trying to puppeteer, you’re doing everything that you need to do to perform a puppet in our style, for a camera.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian Henson Quote - This is certainly the raunchiest, if you use that word, raunchy. The roots of Jim Henson, though, was adult comedy.

    This is certainly the raunchiest, if you use that word, raunchy. The roots of Jim Henson, though, was adult comedy.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian Henson Quote - We wanted to premiere it in New York, because New York is sort of the home of the Jim Henson Company and it’s sort of the tone and flavor, always, of the puppet work that we’ve done traditionally. And that’s what brought us here and now we’re here. Download This Image

    We wanted to premiere it in New York, because New York is sort of the home of the Jim Henson Company and it’s sort of the tone and flavor, always, of the puppet work that we’ve done traditionally. And that’s what brought us here and now we’re here.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian Henson Quote - I had a plan, but then I work with an army of great artists and I want all of them to create inside that creation.”

    I had a plan, but then I work with an army of great artists and I want all of them to create inside that creation.”

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian Henson Quote - And it should be something that only that group of people could’ve made with everybody invested. Download This Image

    And it should be something that only that group of people could’ve made with everybody invested.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian Henson Quote - You get used to it, you look forward to the adrenaline of the stage fright before you go out.

    You get used to it, you look forward to the adrenaline of the stage fright before you go out.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian Henson Quote - To anyone who’s trying to be an artist, in any medium, it’s a very odd and lonely and nerve-wracking and scary process when you let anybody see what you’re working on.

    To anyone who’s trying to be an artist, in any medium, it’s a very odd and lonely and nerve-wracking and scary process when you let anybody see what you’re working on.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian Henson Quote - My dad and mom were, they would take what were popular hits, and lip-sync to them with puppets and do a ridiculous story. Download This Image

    My dad and mom were, they would take what were popular hits, and lip-sync to them with puppets and do a ridiculous story.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian Henson Quote - People would say to him, “When you finish a movie, did it come out as good as you thought it was going to?” Or, “Did it come out the way you intended it to come out?”

    People would say to him, “When you finish a movie, did it come out as good as you thought it was going to?” Or, “Did it come out the way you intended it to come out?”

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian Henson Quote - But the fact that most of the show you can’t be prepared for, you have no idea really what’s coming is initially very nerve wracking, by now, it’s kind of fun. Download This Image

    But the fact that most of the show you can’t be prepared for, you have no idea really what’s coming is initially very nerve wracking, by now, it’s kind of fun.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian Henson Quote - I think it’s a lot richer than what we call fleshy improv, I think it’s very funny, puppet improv and fleshy improv.

    I think it’s a lot richer than what we call fleshy improv, I think it’s very funny, puppet improv and fleshy improv.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian Henson Quote - I think in a creative effort, in any creative effort, you need to, people need to be able to be taking risks and if it turns out to be a mistake, if it turns out not to have been the right choice, that should be applauded, you know, by everybody, and it will come up with another plan.

    I think in a creative effort, in any creative effort, you need to, people need to be able to be taking risks and if it turns out to be a mistake, if it turns out not to have been the right choice, that should be applauded, you know, by everybody, and it will come up with another plan.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian Henson Quote - We try to keep it a classy show, but it certainly is blue at times. And it all depends on the audience, sometimes we’ve have audiences that don’t really want us to go too far in that direction.

    We try to keep it a classy show, but it certainly is blue at times. And it all depends on the audience, sometimes we’ve have audiences that don’t really want us to go too far in that direction.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian Henson Quote - It’s actually good when the performers are nervous, because it kind of sharpens up your brain and a little bit of adrenaline is good. Initially it’s really tough.

    It’s actually good when the performers are nervous, because it kind of sharpens up your brain and a little bit of adrenaline is good. Initially it’s really tough.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian Henson Quote - he puppeteers really responded to it. Patrick Bistrow really responded to it, it’s great fun to do improve comedy with puppets.

    he puppeteers really responded to it. Patrick Bistrow really responded to it, it’s great fun to do improve comedy with puppets.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Brian Henson Quote - Oh, well, I can’t tell you; it would be telling you the end. It’s a one-character lip-syncing because in the early days, that’s what my dad was doing. Download This Image

    Oh, well, I can’t tell you; it would be telling you the end. It’s a one-character lip-syncing because in the early days, that’s what my dad was doing.

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