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. Frank Oz Read Quote
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. Frank Oz Read Quote
There’s a few movies I wanted to do, and I didn’t get to do them partly because they wanted me to be part of the horse and pony show, getting the money, and I’m just not doing that. There’s a few movies that people wanted me to do, but they were too safe. Frank Oz Read Quote
I don’t buy diamonds, I don’t buy cars, but I enjoy travelling. I’m not a very possessive person as far as things go. Frank Oz Read Quote
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. Frank Oz Read Quote
I was born in Hereford, England, in 1944. We moved when they had an opportunity to get a visa, about 1950. My dad always thought Europe was a bit too small for him. He wanted to see the United States… The typical immigrant story. He wanted a better life for his children, too. He always tried to get the visa, and it didn’t come up. Frank Oz Read Quote
I’ve rewritten a lot of the scripts I’ve done. ‘Little Shop Of Horrors’ was a complete rewrite, but I didn’t touch the dialogue. Essentially, I’m a very good editor. Frank Oz Read Quote
Well, Hollywood isn’t made up of individual studio heads anymore. It’s made of corporations. And corporations are looking for the bottom line. They don’t want to take chances. They want the money back for stockholders. Frank Oz Read Quote
