Steve Zissis

I directed the play 'Amadeus' with puppets way back in the day for theater. I also studied puppetry at the Eugene and Neil Center with a lot of the 'Sesame Street' people, so I do have a little bit of a history with puppetry.

American Actor

Jim Henson

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.

American Entertainer

Rick Baker

Sometimes we think of a creature like a person in a suit, but then you have limitations of two eyes and two legs - they have to see and breathe. I got more into puppetry because it offered more possibilities.

American Inventor

Rob McClure

Puppet camp truly redefined my preconceptions of puppetry... I'll never forget learning that before a puppet can speak... he has to inhale. It's those details that make the characters truly come to life.

William Jackson

The journalism school helped me develop writing skills, and I had been enjoying cartooning from a very young age. My interest in puppetry, however, came much later.

American Director

Kate Micucci

I really like doing puppetry; I'm not sure if it will find its way into 'Big Bang,' but it always does seem to find its way into a lot of things.

American Actress

Nina Conti

I make napkins talk in restaurants, socks talk on car journeys. There is an awful lot of puppetry going on in the house.

English Actress

James Bobin

The joy of puppetry is that it is very simple and low-fi, which I love.

English Director

Puppetry is a creative storytelling method using dolls or figures.

Performance Art

Different cultures use various puppetry styles like shadow, rod, or string puppets.

Cultural Diversity

Puppetry involves skills like crafting, voice acting, and precise movements.

Skillful Artistry

Used metaphorically, it suggests a lack of individual control or autonomy.

Figurative Speech

Often used in contexts discussing political influence and covert operations.

Political Context

Implies a negative judgment about the controlled party's independence.

Negative Connotation

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Life lessons from a...

 Where the percentage of illiteracy is very high, we use puppetry. Puppets is the way we communicate.

Bunker Roy: Learning...

 where this percentage of illiteracy is very high we use puppetry puppet is the way we communicate