Phrase by 'Caroll Spinney'

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When he first started - Jim Henson, who created Bid Bird and Oscar - he said Big Bird was just a big, goofy guy. And it was - a script came along and I said, 'I think Big Bird would be much more useful to the show if he were a child learning all the things we were teaching in the show.' And so he didn't know the alphabet, even, for instance.

Author: Caroll Spinney - American Cartoonist
  Think , Learning , Child , Bird


I've learned to say, 'I'm a friend of Big Bird. He even taught me how to sound like him.'

Author: Caroll Spinney - American Cartoonist
  Me , Friend , Sound , Bird


I know I don't own Big Bird, but I own his soul, I feel.

Author: Caroll Spinney - American Cartoonist
  Know , Feel , Soul , Bird


I was called such names as a kid. Being the smallest boy in the class with a name like Caroll. I remember going home and saying to my mom, 'What were you thinking?'

Author: Caroll Spinney - American Cartoonist
  You , Mom , Home , Thinking


I've played Big Bird for over half my life, and now I'm in my 80s. It does feel older than 79. Someone said it's just a number, and I said, 'No, I genuinely feel older.'

Author: Caroll Spinney - American Cartoonist
  Life , Feel , My Life , Bird


Big Bird went through his very human kind of struggles as a child. No other children's character has been that complete and detailed.

Author: Caroll Spinney - American Cartoonist
  Children , Character , Child , Bird


Frankly, I think if I won the lottery and won a billion dollars, I'd still want to continue doing this job. I love expressing myself through it. I've gotten to really love acting. And I've gotten to know Big Bird from the inside out so thoroughly it's like playing my kid. I can't imagine deliberately stopping.

Author: Caroll Spinney - American Cartoonist
  Love , Myself , Job , Bird


I found out animation is incredibly boring. You draw and draw and draw, and it's only a few seconds done in a week.

Author: Caroll Spinney - American Cartoonist
  You , Done , Boring , Animation


I see no reason to quit. I can't imagine walking away from being Big Bird. I mean, that's an awfully good job that there's not too many of them. So I just want to keep doing it till I can't do it anymore.

Author: Caroll Spinney - American Cartoonist
  Good , Job , Walking , Bird


I think there's an awful lot of me in Big Bird, but Oscar is pretty much - I think I know how he thinks because he thinks exactly the opposite of what I think is a good way to be.

Author: Caroll Spinney - American Cartoonist
  Me , Good , Way , Bird


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