At the University of Maryland, my first year I started off planning to major in art because I was interested in theatre design, stage design or television design. – Jim Henson
And also there wasnt much money in television in those days anyhow. – Jim Henson
I was very interested in theatre, mostly in stage design. I did a little bit of acting. – Jim Henson
Yeah, we pretty much had a form and a shape by that time – a style – and I think one of the advantages of not having any relationship to any other puppeteer was that it gave me a reason to put those together myself for the needs of television. – Jim Henson