It has always been difficult to get big bird to be very pretty. Big bird in england is much more gorgeous. — James Maury Henson
I was very interested in theatre, mostly in stage design. I did a little bit of acting. — James Maury Henson
Nbc was trying to convert all of their local programming to color right away to encourage — James Maury Henson
Yeah, we pretty much had a form and a shape by that time – a style – and I think one — James Maury Henson
Actually the copies of characters is something I don’t particularly like to talk about — James Maury Henson
But with the dark crystal, instead of puppetry we’re trying to go toward a sense of realism — James Maury Henson
At the university of maryland, my first year I started off planning to major in art because — James Maury Henson
At the time of polaroid – and I did a couple of other commercials just before I stopped doing that stuff — James Maury Henson
If you’re doing a large, complicated character with radio controls, it might take a number of — James Maury Henson
I’ve never felt any sense of competition with anybody, and we’re all friends; we’re all good friends. — James Maury Henson
If anything, there’s a difference in working with color in england and the color in the us. — James Maury Henson
It’s into the same bag as e.t. And yoda, wherein you’re trying to create something that people will — James Maury Henson
When I was a kid, I never saw a puppet show. I never played with puppets or had any interest in them. — James Maury Henson
Well, detroit institute is kind of a key – probably the largest permanent collection of puppets in the us. — James Maury Henson
We thought it would be fun to try to design a show that would work well internationally — James Maury Henson
Somebody like a piggy or a kermit, there needs to be several versions and so there will be several of them. — James Maury Henson
No, there’s not much competition between puppeteers in general because everybody’s working their own style. — James Maury Henson
Yeah, well when I first started working, it was $5 a show; it was probably a little higher — James Maury Henson
Yeah, I think we did the term muppets before we got the show sam and friends – a few months after I started working. — James Maury Henson
Yeah, I did some small parts in high school and the first year of college and then — James Maury Henson
You’re assisting the audience to understand; you’re giving them a bridge or an access. — James Maury Henson
