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
At the time of Polaroid – and I did a couple of other commercials just before I stopped doing that stuff – at that point I was at the level where they respect you and your opinion and all that sort of thing. – Jim Henson
We thought it would be fun to try to design a show that would work well internationally and so that s what were intending to do with Fraggle Rock, and we are indeed now selling it around the world. – 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
Exercise helps me with stress. It changes your brain chemistry. I turn to Ashtanga yoga when I feel the need to relax. I love it, but its not right for everybody. Its taught to you a little bit at a time, according to your body type and your strength. That keeps things challenging. – Lisa Edelstein