— Jim Henson
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Established on Frank Oz's birthday, May 25th 2011. Created by Lara.
Muppets.com | JimHensonCompany.com | ToughPigs.com | MuppetMindset.com
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"Ricky Gervais is kind of like a Muppet, if you think about it. He fits right in. He’s about our size. I actually think when this film ends it’s going to be hard to get rid of him. He keeps following me back to my hotel in London, which is very strange, but we’re thrilled to have him. Then, of course, we have Tina Fey—and it’s hard to beat Tina. I know her because I was lucky enough to get asked to do a little spot on one of the last episodes of 30 Rock. She’s playing a feisty prison guard named Nadia, which should be fun. Then we have Ty Burrell, who’s playing a French Interpol agent. But personally, I’m not going to be going to France for the French scenes. It’s best if I don’t go there. It’s a frog thing."
"I spend a few minutes in meditation and prayer each morning. I find that this really helps me to start the day with a good frame of reference. As part of my prayers, I thank whoever is helping me - I’m sure somebody or something is - I express gratitude for all my blessings and I try to forgive the people that I’m feeling negative toward. I try hard not to judge anyone, and I try to bless everyone who is a part of my life, particularly anyone with whom I am having any problems."
— Jim Henson (via inabasket)
(via jonjonlewis)
"There’s that weird thing where we who watch The Muppet Show and Sesame Street, intellectually we know that they’re puppets but there’s so much life to them and they’re such an important part of our childhoods, that we still see them as real anthropomorphised beings."
— Wil Wheaton, on his photo shoot for Muppet Magazine. Radio Free Burrito, episode 8 [x]
Finally someone doesn’t credit it to Jim Henson. Sheesh. Piggy is not performed by Jim Henson. Jim does not write for Piggy. There is no excuse.
"It’s important that we all stop giving ourselves such a hard time. We’ve got to remind ourselves and push ourselves to let go. Allow all the sadness, all the joy into your life. Watch out for each other. Love everyone, forgive everyone, including yourself. Forgive your anger, forgive your guilt, your shame, your sadness, embrace and open up your love, your joy, your truth, and most especially your heart. Let us all have mercy on each and every one of us. And every day we will open up like a cocoon and turn into beautiful butterflies, and live this moment, and the next, and the next, and the next. "
— Jim Henson (via yappinyellow)
"I believe in taking a positive attitude towards the world, towards people, and towards my work. I think I’m here for a purpose. I think it’s likely that we all are, but I’m only sure about myself. I try to tune myself in to whatever it is that I’m suppose to be, and I try to think of myself as a part of all of us - all mankind and all life. I find it’s not easy to keep these lofty thoughts in mind as the day goes by, but it certainly helps me a great deal to start out this way."
— Jim Henson (via theponderingsofjonathan)
"Start out perfect and don’t change a thing. Always accentuate your best features by pointing at them. And conceal your flaws by sucker punching anyone who has the audacity to mention them."
— Miss Piggy (via nerdybynurture)
Some people claim Kermit is my alter-ego. I’m not sure I know what that means. I like to work Kermit because there’s a lot of leeway for ad-libbing, which I don’t have with most other characters but I’m not sure that I’m not Kermit.
"Whenever characters become self-important or sentimental in the Muppets, then there’s always another character to blow them up immediately."
— Frank Oz (via pxpushr)
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye."
— Jim Henson (via so-youthinkyoucantell)
"It’s important that we all stop giving ourselves such a hard time. We’ve got to remind ourselves to let go. Not much we can do except to be, and in being, become aware. See what’s going on around you all the time, and allow it to happen. All the sadness, all the joy. And that’s why Jim’s last words are so important. Love everyone and forgive everyone - including yourself. Forgive your anger, forgive your guilt, your shame, your sadness. Embrace and open up your love, your joy, your truth, and most especially, your heart."
— Richard Hunt (via slysympathy)
