But the fact that most of the show you can't be prepared for, you have no idea really what's coming is initially… — Brian Henson Be prepared Copy Share Image
Probably though, by the time I was 17, I already knew that I was probably going to go into film — Brian Henson Cinema Copy Share Image
So that's the challenge, you have a big technical aspect of what you're doing whilst you're creatively trying to improvise. — Brian Henson Aspect Copy Share Image
And with puppets, especially in our company, we sort of demand a very high standard of puppetry, so it's a real technical… — Brian Henson Business Copy Share Image
I was already sort of mixing my science physics enthusiasm with entertainment and directing and puppetry. — Brian Henson Entertainment Copy Share Image
You get used to it, you look forward to the adrenaline of the stage fright before you go out. — Brian Henson Adrenaline Copy Share Image
I try to emulate his approach of really get the most out of people by allowing them to experiment and certainly allowing… — Brian Henson Allowing Copy Share Image
But if everybody's trying to stay safe, then you never really create something new and different and surprising. — Brian Henson Different Copy Share Image
And that was always my father's favorite part about shooting as well. Often my dad would shoot very, very late, he was… — Brian Henson Dad Copy Share Image
We kind of lost a lot of that and puppeteers were sticking to the script and we thought everything needed to get… — Brian Henson Comedy Copy Share Image
I think initially it's terrifying because going into a show where, you know, "Oh, I'm going to be on stage for two… — Brian Henson Hours Copy Share Image
I always very much enjoyed arts and it was so central in my family, my mother was also an art teacher, as… — Brian Henson Art Copy Share Image
In many ways, I think it's easier in some ways, or it's more entertaining or more guaranteed to be entertaining than traditional… — Brian Henson Body Copy Share Image
The first show that my dad and my mom did together was for, was a comedy series, a short form that went… — Brian Henson Careers Copy Share Image
And again, we're kind of trying to be in that place, that's just so absurd and irreverent and hysterical and it's something… — Brian Henson Absurd Copy Share Image
At that point, I thought probably special effects, something like that, and indeed, the early days when I was working with my… — Brian Henson College Copy Share Image
I'd say that that is a challenge, but it also is, again, it's helpful. It's helpful to have the discipline of, okay,… — Brian Henson Brain Copy Share Image
To anyone who's trying to be an artist, in any medium, it's a very odd and lonely and nerve-wracking and scary process… — Brian Henson Advice Copy Share Image
So it's Rosemary Clooney - Rosemary? Rosemary Clooney, right? The singer? Yes. Clooney, doing, singing, "I've Grown Accustomed To Your Face," which… — Brian Henson Accustomed Copy Share Image
And so as a director, as a leader, and myself as a director and a leader, I kind of try to make… — Brian Henson Can do Copy Share Image
So while you're trying to improvise, you're also trying to puppeteer, you're doing everything that you need to do to perform a… — Brian Henson Cameras Copy Share Image
I was 17, certainly by the time I was 19, I knew that show business was where I was going to end… — Brian Henson Business Copy Share Image
But initially when I was working with my dad, it was in special effects puppets with radio control and motors and puppet… — Brian Henson Dad Copy Share Image
This is certainly the raunchiest, if you use that word, raunchy. The roots of Jim Henson, though, was adult comedy. — Brian Henson Adults Copy Share Image
It's actually good when the performers are nervous, because it kind of sharpens up your brain and a little bit of adrenaline… — Brian Henson Adrenaline Copy Share Image
I think it's a lot richer than what we call fleshy improv, I think it's very funny, puppet improv and fleshy improv. — Brian Henson Puppets Copy Share Image
People would say to him, "When you finish a movie, did it come out as good as you thought it was going… — Brian Henson Film Copy Share Image
And it should be something that only that group of people could've made with everybody invested. — Brian Henson Group Copy Share Image
Oh, well, I can't tell you; it would be telling you the end. It's a one-character lip-syncing because in the early days,… — Brian Henson Character Copy Share Image
My dad and mom were, they would take what were popular hits, and lip-sync to them with puppets and do a ridiculous… — Brian Henson Dad Copy Share Image
It's really great to do one piece, "I've Grown Accustomed To Your Face," my dad developed in 1956, when he was 20… — Brian Henson Accustomed Copy Share Image
A puppet that starts to improvise badly is almost funnier than the puppet that's improvising well. So the show gets better when… — Brian Henson Blessing Copy Share Image
The show is probably 60 percent improvising and 40 percent not. So there's quite a bit of it that we do have… — Brian Henson Bits Copy Share Image
"Stuffed and Unstrung" started as a workshop, actually, classes within our company. We found that our puppeteers were not ad libbing as… — Brian Henson Ads Copy Share Image
I think in a creative effort, in any creative effort, you need to, people need to be able to be taking risks… — Brian Henson Able Copy Share Image
And if the audience is in a kind of naughty, raunchy mood, then they're going to make naughty, raunchy suggestions and then… — Brian Henson Audience Copy Share Image
And then while she's lip-syncing, "I've Grown Accustomed To Your Face," to this little head next to her, the head eats the… — Brian Henson Accustomed Copy Share Image
And it was a whole lot of fun, and in many ways, what we've done with the show is just taken that… — Brian Henson Dad Copy Share Image
we sent a troupe to Edinborough, and then in Edinborough, there was a producer from the Melbourne Comedy Festival, so we went… — Brian Henson Comedy Copy Share Image
We're also irreverent, we have an irreverent attitude towards puppets, as well. So a lot of what we do is we're kind… — Brian Henson Absurdity Copy Share Image
