Frank Oz
Frank Oz
Frank Ozis an English-born American filmmaker, puppeteer, and actor. His career began as a puppeteer, where he performed the Muppet characters of Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear in The Muppet Show, and Cookie Monster, Bert, and Grover in Sesame Street. He is also known for being the puppeteer and voice of Yoda in the Star Wars films...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPuppeteer
Date of Birth25 May 1944
CityHereford, England
CountryUnited States of America
Hope and Crosby made seven 'Road' movies, starting in 1940 with 'Road to Singapore.' The movies were always about Crosby and Hope fleeing America and finding Dorothy Lamour in some exotic location. Bob's character was cocky and cowardly; Bing's character was smooth and unruffled. They were great characters - lousy, lovable guys.
I wouldn't like to be that famous, I value my privacy. Mind you, Miss Piggy enjoys every moment of it. If it were not for me, she would spend all her time in the limelight.
In order to be a star performer you have to have someone to play against.
Always two there are, a master and an apprentice.
Well, Hollywood isn't made up of individual studio heads anymore. It's made of corporations. And corporations are looking for the bottom line. They don't want to take chances. They want the money back for stockholders.
I don't buy diamonds, I don't buy cars, but I enjoy travelling. I'm not a very possessive person as far as things go.
I look back on my work and I think, 'Oh, why didn't I do that differently?'
The more work I do, the more important it is to work with people I like - who are very talented.
I looked up to him because I was just a kid and this guy was actually doing the real work,
He was the person responsible really for the heart of the Muppets,
Girls and sports. That was the interest, mainly. I never wanted to be a puppeteer.
Mmm. Lost a planet, Master Obi-Wan has. How embarrassing. How embarrassing.
Nobody else could do that kind of writing?. He was the Muppet writer.
Down here, I am. Find a ladder, I must!