Frank Oz Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I wouldn't like to be that famous, I value my privacy. Mind you, Miss Piggy enjoys every moment of it. If it were not for me, she would spend all her time in the limelight.”

“A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense, never for attack.”

“In order to be a star performer you have to have someone to play against.”

“I love 'Time Bandits;' it's great.”

“I'm not an art director; I'm just not. I've always been somebody who has a sensibility that I hope is the same sensibility of others.”

“I've always wanted to do non-comedies. I've always done dramas, comedies, music, and I always like to bop around and do different things.”

“I bought a tape recorder and some stuff and went to Europe for three months when I was 18. The puppeteering was only there as a hobby. I wanted to be a journalist. When I was 19, and after I had spent about a year in college, Jim Henson asked me to come out and try puppeteering for awhile.”

“I make a deal with the audience every time I direct a movie. The deal always is this: I'm showing you this world in which the characters live. The world I'm creating has rules. My tacit agreement with you is that I promise I will stay true to the rules of that world. In exchange for this promise, I need you to completely buy into that world.”

“I never wanted to be a puppeteer. I stopped puppeteering when I was about 18. I puppeteered when I was eleven years old to 18 to make extra money to go to Europe, which I made half of and my parents gave me half.”

“I'm not politically committed at all in the popular sense; that is, to any party. I'm committed to whatever's best for the normal working person. I'm not a great fan of politics.”