Frank Oz Biography

Born in Hereford, England, Frank Oz (born Frank Oznowicz) graduated from California's Oakland City College during 1962 and joined the humans behind Jim Henson's fledgling Muppet group as a puppeteer the following year. He was part of the first-season cast of Saturday Night Live as the Mighty Favag and appeared in The Blues Brothers with John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd. After The Muppet Show went on the air in 1976, Oz became vice president of the Henson organization, and was responsible for the portrayals of Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, and Animal, among other characters, earning three Emmy Awards for his work on the show. He later served as a producer for The Great Muppet Caper (1980), directed by Henson, with whom he co-directed The Dark Crystal a year later. He later directed The Muppets Take Manhattan in 1984. Two years later, with Henson in the director's chair, Oz was one of the voices in Labyrinth. Moving outside of Henson's orbit, Oz directed the screen version of the musical Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988), What About Bob? (1991), and the Kevin Kline vehicle In & Out (1997). He also served as the voice of Yoda in five Star Wars movies: The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones, and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith. ~ Bruce Eder, Rovi

• 1. Fozzie Bear: There was this sailor who was so fat!
  2. Sailor: How fat was he?
  3. Fozzie Bear: Uh, he was so fat that everybody liked him and there was nothing funny about him at all.
  From The Muppet Movie. Submitted by Rocky F (19 days ago)

• 1. Yoda: Do or do not... there is no try.
  From Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back. Submitted by Brian L (26 days ago)

• 1. Cookie Monster: Cookie!
  From The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland. Submitted by Anthony A (2 months ago)

• 1. Yoda: First, you must unlearn what you've learned.
  2. Luke Skywalker: I don't believe it...
  3. Yoda: That is why you fail.
  From Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back. Submitted by Joseph B (3 months ago)

• 1. Kermit the Frog: [navigating in the Studebaker] Bear left.
  2. Fozzie Bear: Right, frog.
  From The Muppet Movie. Submitted by Francis L (4 months ago)

• 1. Fozzie Bear: Ahh, a bear in his natural habitat - a Studebaker.
  From The Muppet Movie. Submitted by Francis L (4 months ago)

• 1. Yoda: Do or do not, there is no try.
  From Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back. Submitted by Freeman S (4 months ago)

• 1. Sam the Eagle: You are all weirdos!
  From The Great Muppet Caper. Submitted by Dallin P (5 months ago)

• 1. Fozzie Bear: There was this sailor who was SO fat...
  2. Sailor: HOW fat was he? *breaks bottle*
  3. Fozzie Bear: Uh, he was so fat that everybody liked him and there was nothing funny about him at all!
  From The Muppet Movie. Submitted by Joseph W (5 months ago)

• 1. Mace Windu: There's no doubt. It was a lord Sith.
  2. Yoda: Always two there are. A master and a apprentice. No more, no less.
  3. Mace Windu: But which was destroyed? The master or the apprentice?
  From Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace. Submitted by Javis C (6 months ago)

• 1. Luke Skywalker: Alright. I'll give it a try.
  2. Yoda: No! Try not. Do or do not. There is no try.
  From Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back. Submitted by Berenice L (8 months ago)

• 1. Yoda: Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate; hate leads to suffering. I sense much fear in you.
  From Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace. Submitted by Adarshtr T (9 months ago)

• 1. Yoda: Destroy the Sith, we must.
  From Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith. Submitted by Lucas M (9 months ago)

• 1. Yoda: Good relations with the Wookies, I have.
  From Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith. Submitted by Lucas M (9 months ago)

• 1. Supreme Chancellor Palpatine / Darth Sidious: At last, the Jedi are no more.
  2. Yoda: Not if anything to say about it I have!
  From Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith. Submitted by Javis C (10 months ago)

• 1. Luke Skywalker: Alright. I'll give it a try.
  2. Yoda: No. Try not. Do or do not. There is no try.
  From Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back. Submitted by Tyler C (10 months ago)

• 1. Mr. Collins: These dumb ass kids. They never appreciate what you do for them.
  From An American Werewolf in London. Submitted by Creep F (11 months ago)

• 1. Luke Skywalker: I don't Believe it.
  2. Yoda: That is why you fail.
  From Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back. Submitted by Laurence T (11 months ago)

• 1. Yoda: But for certain, Senator, in grave danger you are.
  From Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones. Submitted by rob g (13 months ago)

• 1. Yoda: Do or do not. There is no try
  From Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back. Submitted by Tyler C (14 months ago)