The World of 'The Dark Crystal' (1983 TV Movie)

Jim Henson: Self - Producer, Director

Quotes 

• Self - Producer : Jen is probably the hardest character I've ever manipulated, in that he's very human, very lifelike. And, uh, so everything that I did with him had to be very subtle. And little tiny things. If it looked puppety, it would be a giveaway, and we couldn't use it. I found, for instance, when I was trying to make the character walk... Now, with the Muppets, if Kermit walks across the stage, he sort of goes, across like that, it's just... it's really easy. You go, bop, bop, bop. But I found the only way that I could make Jen's walk believable would be to have him straight over my head, and then I would walk. I would take small steps. Because then, as the character's head moves in relationship to going down, it was accurate. And that was the only way I could do it.