![]() ![]() "Before I got into the costume, I would pray and ask God to allow his loving divine spirit to flow through me through the costume and let that draw the kids. He explained how it was his tantra training that helped him maintain his energy on the set, and continue his work even in severe conditions including high temperature inside the 70-pound costume. Joyner also talked about the spiritual side to his job as the actor who wore the big purple costume. Love heals and allows you to continue to grow." Even when you have emotionally blocked energy, the best way to remove it is to remove it with love, and then replace it with God's divine love. The actor-turned-therapist explained: "Everything stems, grows, and evolves from love. "The energy I brought up in the costume is based on the foundation of tantra, which is love," Joyner said in a recent interview with Vice. And while his latest tantric massage practice is a far cry from his days as a stuffed dinosaur, the actor says there is still some similarity. So I would literally meditate.Will Smith's teenage daughter Willow cuts a stylish figure in sheer black skirt at Paris FWĪlthough the character was voiced by Bob West, Joyner physically portrayed Barney from 1991 to 2001 for the popular children's show on PBS – famed for the song "I love you, you love me, we are a happy family". Sometimes, when they took a break, I put a fan in the mouth, I'd sit down on an Apple box, and I'd put my hand on my knees, and I would just close my eyes. And try to feel the energy of anything that was around me. ![]() I would close my eyes, and I would try to feel energy. So what I would literally do is I would walk around my apartment as if I was blind. And when Barney's mouth is closed, I can't see anything. I can only see a certain amount, because of the peripheral of Barney's mouth. There's no facial expressions that can be made. Now I did have some sneakers inside that were glued to the bottom of the feet. It's a t-rex, so you're basically just up to your elbows in being able to move. Now Barney is about 70 pounds, and it can get over 120 degrees inside. But it was great getting that phone call.īeing inside this costume is pretty cool. And I said, "Of course." I pretty much already knew that I was going to be Barney. So, of course, they called me and asked if I would be Barney. ![]() If I go into this audition and breathe life into this character, I'm going on vacation. I had to breathe life into Barney in my dream. It says "Breathe life into your vacation - Southwest Airlines." And then it hits me. ![]() So on the way to the audition, I'm sitting at a stoplight, and something says "Look up." So I look up, and there's this billboard. And I have to give Barney mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Well the night before the audition, I had this dream. And a lot of times, with me, if I'm trying to figure out a situation, I'll dream about it. There's a lot of psychic energy in my family, and there's a lot of clairvoyance. I would stand in front of the television and basically lip sync. When I was a kid, I wanted to be on television so bad. And people would literally bring their children, set them on the mall floor, and go shop. Before I was Barney, I was a live mannequin. #INSIDE BARNEY COSTUME SOFTWARE#After I got my degree in electronic engineering technology, I worked for Texas Instruments for six years as a software analyst. ![]()
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