Jim Henson
Jim Henson
James Maury "Jim" Hensonwas an American puppeteer, artist, cartoonist, inventor, screenwriter, songwriter, musician, actor, film director, and producer who achieved international fame as the creator of the Muppets. Born in Greenville, Mississippi, and raised in Leland, Mississippi, and Hyattsville, Maryland, Henson began developing puppets while attending high school. While he was a freshman at the University of Maryland, College Park, he created Sam and Friends, a five-minute sketch-comedy puppet show that appeared on television. After graduating from the University of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntertainer
Date of Birth24 September 1936
CountryUnited States of America
We see with our eyes. We know with our hearts. Outside...Inside.
It's a wonderful life and I love it.
I've never felt any sense of competition with anybody, and we're all friends; we're all good friends.
No, there's not much competition between puppeteers in general because everybody's working their own style.
I don't want'a die... I have other plans!
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.
Well, Detroit Institute is kind of a key - probably the largest permanent collection of puppets in the US.
Never eat anything at one sitting that you can't lift.
There's not a word nevertheless, for previous pals who've just fulfilled.
All of a sudden you realise that you are the person who has control of your life.
Somebody like a Piggy or a Kermit, there needs to be several versions and so there will be several of them.
Television is basically teaching whether you want it to or not.
I do remember doing shows strictly in black and white, too, so you're right.
I was very interested in theatre, mostly in stage design. I did a little bit of acting.