--- title: "15 Puppets Quotes By Brian Henson" description: "15 Puppets quotes by Brian Henson. Plus more from Brian Henson and more Puppets sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/591/brian-henson-10923_improvisation_i-think-it-s-a-lot-richer-than-what-we-c_2393445.jpg" --- > [I think it's a lot richer than what we call fleshy improv, I think it's very funny, puppet improv and fleshy improv.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-henson/i-think-it-s-a-lot-richer-than-what-we-call-fleshy-improv-i-think-it/) [Brian Henson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-henson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/591/brian-henson-10923_improvisation_i-think-it-s-a-lot-richer-than-what-we-c_2393445.jpg) > [My dad and mom were, they would take what were popular hits, and lip-sync to them with puppets and do a ridiculous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-henson/my-dad-and-mom-were-they-would-take-what-were-popular-hits-and-lip/) [Brian Henson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-henson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17d/brian-henson-10923_dad_my-dad-and-mom-were-they-would-take-what_1501824.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-henson/so-while-you-re-trying-to-improvise-you-re-also-trying-to-puppeteer/) [Brian Henson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-henson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/704/brian-henson-10923_cameras_so-while-you-re-trying-to-improvise-you_179982.jpg) > [But initially when I was working with my dad, it was in special effects puppets with radio control and motors and puppet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-henson/but-initially-when-i-was-working-with-my-dad-it-was-in-special/) [Brian Henson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-henson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad6/brian-henson-10923_dad_but-initially-when-i-was-working-with-my_1714960.jpg) > [We took a show to the Aspen Comedy Festival, called "Puppet Up" at that point, and in Aspen we just did three…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-henson/we-took-a-show-to-the-aspen-comedy-festival-called-puppet-up-at-that/) [Brian Henson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-henson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/968/brian-henson-10923_aspens_we-took-a-show-to-the-aspen-comedy-festi_170770.jpg) > [he puppeteers really responded to it. Patrick Bistrow really responded to it, it's great fun to do improve comedy with puppets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-henson/he-puppeteers-really-responded-to-it-patrick-bistrow-really-responded/) [Brian Henson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-henson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ca/brian-henson-10923_comedy_he-puppeteers-really-responded-to-it-pat_3138246.jpg) > [And with puppets, especially in our company, we sort of demand a very high standard of puppetry, so it's a real technical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-henson/and-with-puppets-especially-in-our-company-we-sort-of-demand-a-very/) [Brian Henson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-henson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbf/brian-henson-10923_business_and-with-puppets-especially-in-our-compa_1447286.jpg) > [First of all, you're improvising through a puppet, so you're not always yourself: you're a cow or you're a pig or you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-henson/first-of-all-you-re-improvising-through-a-puppet-so-you-re-not-always/) [Brian Henson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-henson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27e/brian-henson-10923_cows_first-of-all-you-re-improvising-through_2400142.jpg) > [And one of the funnest things was watching what they did before the director called action and after the director called cut.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-henson/and-one-of-the-funnest-things-was-watching-what-they-did-before-the/) [Brian Henson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-henson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2b/brian-henson-10923_action_and-one-of-the-funnest-things-was-watchi_291839.jpg) > [We wanted to premiere it in New York, because New York is sort of the home of the Jim Henson Company and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-henson/we-wanted-to-premiere-it-in-new-york-because-new-york-is-sort-of-the/) [Brian Henson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-henson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f5/brian-henson-10923_company_we-wanted-to-premiere-it-in-new-york-bec_3202858.jpg) > [We're also irreverent, we have an irreverent attitude towards puppets, as well. So a lot of what we do is we're kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-henson/we-re-also-irreverent-we-have-an-irreverent-attitude-towards-puppets/) [Brian Henson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-henson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59d/brian-henson-10923_absurdity_we-re-also-irreverent-we-have-an-irrever_502942.jpg) > [And then after the success at Melbourne Comedy Festival, then we regrouped back in LA and we went back into workshopping and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-henson/and-then-after-the-success-at-melbourne-comedy-festival-then-we/) [Brian Henson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-henson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc9/brian-henson-10923_bigger_and-then-after-the-success-at-melbourne_1091411.jpg) > [So it's Rosemary Clooney - Rosemary? Rosemary Clooney, right? The singer? Yes. Clooney, doing, singing, "I've Grown Accustomed To Your Face," which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-henson/so-it-s-rosemary-clooney-rosemary-rosemary-clooney-right-the-singer/) [Brian Henson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-henson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51b/brian-henson-10923_accustomed_so-it-s-rosemary-clooney-rosemary-rosema_207333.jpg) > [A puppet that starts to improvise badly is almost funnier than the puppet that's improvising well. So the show gets better when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-henson/a-puppet-that-starts-to-improvise-badly-is-almost-funnier-than-the/) [Brian Henson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-henson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/558/brian-henson-10923_blessing_a-puppet-that-starts-to-improvise-badly_1798019.jpg) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-henson/i-d-say-that-that-is-a-challenge-but-it-also-is-again-it-s-helpful-it/) [Brian Henson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-henson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a0/brian-henson-10923_brain_i-d-say-that-that-is-a-challenge-but-it_676550.jpg) ## Other authors on Puppets ## More by Brian Henson > [So that's the challenge, you have a big technical aspect of what you're doing whilst you're creatively trying to improvise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-henson/so-that-s-the-challenge-you-have-a-big-technical-aspect-of-what-you/) [Brian Henson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-henson/) > [I was already sort of mixing my science physics enthusiasm with entertainment and directing and puppetry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-henson/i-was-already-sort-of-mixing-my-science-physics-enthusiasm-with/) [Brian Henson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-henson/) > [We took a show to the Aspen Comedy Festival, called "Puppet Up" at that point, and in Aspen we just did three shows, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-henson/we-took-a-show-to-the-aspen-comedy-festival-called-puppet-up-at-that/) [Brian Henson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-henson/) > [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 puppet in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-henson/so-while-you-re-trying-to-improvise-you-re-also-trying-to-puppeteer/) [Brian Henson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-henson/) > [So it's Rosemary Clooney - Rosemary? Rosemary Clooney, right? The singer? Yes. Clooney, doing, singing, "I've Grown Accustomed To Your Face," which is, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-henson/so-it-s-rosemary-clooney-rosemary-rosemary-clooney-right-the-singer/) [Brian Henson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-henson/) > [And one of the funnest things was watching what they did before the director called action and after the director called cut. And they'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-henson/and-one-of-the-funnest-things-was-watching-what-they-did-before-the/) [Brian Henson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-henson/) > [There was a producer from the Aspen Comedy Festival who happened to be there, as a friend of a friend, and she said, "I'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-henson/there-was-a-producer-from-the-aspen-comedy-festival-who-happened-to/) [Brian Henson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-henson/) > [We kind of lost a lot of that and puppeteers were sticking to the script and we thought everything needed to get a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-henson/we-kind-of-lost-a-lot-of-that-and-puppeteers-were-sticking-to-the/) [Brian Henson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-henson/) > [We're also irreverent, we have an irreverent attitude towards puppets, as well. So a lot of what we do is we're kind of making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-henson/we-re-also-irreverent-we-have-an-irreverent-attitude-towards-puppets/) [Brian Henson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-henson/) > ["Stuffed and Unstrung" started as a workshop, actually, classes within our company. We found that our puppeteers were not ad libbing as well as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-henson/stuffed-and-unstrung-started-as-a-workshop-actually-classes-within/) [Brian Henson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-henson/) > [I try to emulate his approach of really get the most out of people by allowing them to experiment and certainly allowing people to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-henson/i-try-to-emulate-his-approach-of-really-get-the-most-out-of-people-by/) [Brian Henson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-henson/) > [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, I'm doing,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-henson/i-d-say-that-that-is-a-challenge-but-it-also-is-again-it-s-helpful-it/) [Brian Henson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-henson/) > [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 that at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-henson/and-again-we-re-kind-of-trying-to-be-in-that-place-that-s-just-so/) [Brian Henson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-henson/) > [The first big thing that I did with my dad was the bicycle sequence in "The Great Muppet Caper," where Kermit and Piggy are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-henson/the-first-big-thing-that-i-did-with-my-dad-was-the-bicycle-sequence/) [Brian Henson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-henson/) > [The challenge is, well, there's a huge challenge, which is when you're improvising, you're meant to sort of clear your mind completely, just be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-henson/the-challenge-is-well-there-s-a-huge-challenge-which-is-when-you-re/) [Brian Henson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-henson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/puppets/brian-henson/#itemlist", "name": "15 Puppets Quotes By Brian Henson", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think it's a lot richer than what we call fleshy improv, I think it's very funny, puppet improv and fleshy improv.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brian Henson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-henson/i-think-it-s-a-lot-richer-than-what-we-call-fleshy-improv-i-think-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/591/brian-henson-10923_improvisation_i-think-it-s-a-lot-richer-than-what-we-c_2393445.jpg", "contentUrl": 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