I couldn't do ventriloquism. I don't have any interest in splitting myself in two, the way a ventriloquist does - half-himself, half the dummy on his knee. (Jim Henson)

I couldn't do ventriloquism. I don't have any interest in splitting myself in two, the way a ventriloquist does - half-himself, half the dummy on his knee.

Jim Henson

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