But with The Dark Crystal, instead of puppetry we're trying to go toward a sense of realism - toward a reality of creatures that are actually alive and we're mixing up puppetry and all kinds of other techniques.

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My hope still is to leave the world a bit better than when I got...

My hope still is to leave the world a bit better than when I got...

If you're doing a large, complicated character with radio controls, it might take a number...

If you're doing a large, complicated character with radio controls, it might take a number...

At the University of Maryland, my first year I started off planning to major in...

At the University of Maryland, my first year I started off planning to major in...

Yeah, well when I first started working, it was $5 a show; it was probably...

Yeah, well when I first started working, it was $5 a show; it was probably...

I think my own strengths are in television production.

I think my own strengths are in television production.

The most sophisticated people I know - inside they are all children.

The most sophisticated people I know - inside they are all children.

Yeah, we pretty much had a form and a shape by that time - a...

Yeah, we pretty much had a form and a shape by that time - a...

Life's like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending.

Life's like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending.

We thought it would be fun to try to design a show that would work...

We thought it would be fun to try to design a show that would work...

As children, we all live in a world of imagination, of fantasy, and for some...

As children, we all live in a world of imagination, of fantasy, and for some...

If anything, there's a difference in working with color in England and the color in...

If anything, there's a difference in working with color in England and the color in...

No, there's not much competition between puppeteers in general because everybody's working their own style.

No, there's not much competition between puppeteers in general because everybody's working their own style.

And also there wasn't much money in television in those days anyhow.

And also there wasn't much money in television in those days anyhow.

Yeah, I think we did the term Muppets before we got the show Sam and...

Yeah, I think we did the term Muppets before we got the show Sam and...

I do remember doing shows strictly in black and white, too, so you're right.

I do remember doing shows strictly in black and white, too, so you're right.

I was very interested in theatre, mostly in stage design. I did a little bit...

I was very interested in theatre, mostly in stage design. I did a little bit...

I decided that what I really wanted to do was go off and paint.

I decided that what I really wanted to do was go off and paint.

Well, Detroit Institute is kind of a key - probably the largest permanent collection of...

Well, Detroit Institute is kind of a key - probably the largest permanent collection of...

I've never felt any sense of competition with anybody, and we're all friends; we're all...

I've never felt any sense of competition with anybody, and we're all friends; we're all...

It has always been difficult to get Big Bird to be very pretty. Big Bird...

It has always been difficult to get Big Bird to be very pretty. Big Bird...