Frank Oz – Quotes

I love Britain, I

I love Britain, I lived there for nine years doing shows and things, but I don’t know what a British sensibility is. I’d like to have someone tell me what an American sensibility is. Frank Oz

I\’ve always wanted to

I’ve always wanted to do non-comedies, I’ve always done dramas, comedies, music, and I always like to bop around and do different things. Frank Oz

I want to get

I want to get into the theater. I really wanted to be a theater director, but I turned out to be a movie director. Frank Oz

I don\’t like to

I don’t like to have these words banded about, like \”British sense of humor,\” \”American sense of humor,\” though I’ll be damned if I know what they are. Frank Oz

I have no idea what a British sensibility or a British sense of humor is. I have no concept of what that is. I have no concept of what American sensibility is. I was born in Great Britain, but I was only there for six months, and we moved to Belgium, where I grew up. … Read more

I\’ve always wanted to

I’ve always wanted to do non-comedies, I’ve always done dramas, comedies, music, and I always like to bop around and do different things. I’m looking for something a bit tougher, more muscle mass, something small, but the thing is, I get all the best comedy scripts, I don’t get all the best drama scripts. So … Read more

I\’m always amused that

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. Frank Oz

I\’ve done TV for

I’ve done TV for tons and tons of years, so I’m not crazy about doing more TV, but with films, all I want to do are different projects that aren’t all the same. Frank Oz

I\’m most proud of

I’m most proud of my kids, for one, and my family and my parents. Outside of that – what am I proud of? I don’t know. I don’t look back, I just go forward. I’m just proud of the fact that my parents were immigrants and we had nearly nothing, and all of the sudden, … Read more

A Jedi uses the

A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense, never for attack. Frank Oz