Frank Oz
Frank Oz
Frank Ozis an English-born American filmmaker, puppeteer, and actor. His career began as a puppeteer, where he performed the Muppet characters of Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear in The Muppet Show, and Cookie Monster, Bert, and Grover in Sesame Street. He is also known for being the puppeteer and voice of Yoda in the Star Wars films...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPuppeteer
Date of Birth25 May 1944
CityHereford, England
CountryUnited States of America
He's the one who knew the characters better than anyone else; he brought the heart to the characters.
Once you get a character, you lock it in your heart - it's there.
I'm always amused that people zero in on one thing, and it's the wrong thing to zero in on, but nevertheless, the reason they do that is because the voice is what they know - the voice represents everything about the character, that's why.
What I remember most about the 'Road' movies is my enjoyment at watching the two characters sparring with each other. But more important than that was my feeling that Hope and Crosby were enjoying the sparring, too.
Hope and Crosby made seven 'Road' movies, starting in 1940 with 'Road to Singapore.' The movies were always about Crosby and Hope fleeing America and finding Dorothy Lamour in some exotic location. Bob's character was cocky and cowardly; Bing's character was smooth and unruffled. They were great characters - lousy, lovable guys.
Truly wonderful, the mind of a child is.
Mmm. Lost a planet, Master Obi-Wan has. How embarrassing. How embarrassing.
Nobody else could do that kind of writing?. He was the Muppet writer.
I looked up to him because I was just a kid and this guy was actually doing the real work,
Piggy is certainly hard, but that's just part of the job. I don't even think about it. She's also hard because I have to reach down into the feminine part of myself and bring that up. It's not just the surface with her. There are a lot of neuroses in her. So I have to come from a different place with Piggy.
Girls and sports. That was the interest, mainly. I never wanted to be a puppeteer.
He was the person responsible really for the heart of the Muppets,
I just want to do good work. That's all I want to do. I don't have big aspirations like being the President of the United States, I just want to do good work. That's all.
First impression is unfair, because a first impression of somebody is guarded, and you don't know the person.