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
I was already sort of mixing my science physics enthusiasm with entertainment and directing and puppetry. — Brian Henson Entertainment Copy Share Image
We took a show to the Aspen Comedy Festival, called "Puppet Up" at that point, and in Aspen we just did three… — Brian Henson Aspens 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
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 one of the funnest things was watching what they did before the director called action and after the director called cut.… — Brian Henson Action Copy Share Image
There was a producer from the Aspen Comedy Festival who happened to be there, as a friend of a friend, and she… — Brian Henson Aspens 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
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
"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 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
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
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
The first big thing that I did with my dad was the bicycle sequence in "The Great Muppet Caper," where Kermit and… — Brian Henson Bicycle Copy Share Image
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,… — Brian Henson Attention 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
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
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
And then after the success at Melbourne Comedy Festival, then we regrouped back in LA and we went back into workshopping and… — Brian Henson Bigger 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 Movie 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
Where does a character come from? Because a character, at the end of the day, a character will be the combination of… — Brian Henson Character 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
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
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
