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" My films have a lot of historical context; I'm a huge fan of ruins. You see a lot of ruin work in my movies, I like ruins. "
James Bobin
Historical
You
Work
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" Personally, I've always liked movies about big diamonds, like 'Pink Panther' and 'The Thomas Crown Affair.' I've always found those films really interesting, and they have a good energy about them, which I like. "
James Bobin
Diamonds
Movies
Good
" I've always loved 'Alice,' and I've always loved Lewis Carroll. I love his kind of tone and his intelligence. "
James Bobin
Intelligence
Loved
Love
" In England, 'The Muppet Show' is very much seen as an English thing. So for us in the U.K., it is one of the treasures of the history of children's TV and of comedy, basically. "
James Bobin
Us
Show
History
" Cable news is 24 hours long, so you have to fill it up with something. "
James Bobin
You
Up
Hours
" I think, as a director, it's always worth pushing yourself and finding out new areas and exploring new ways to tell story. "
James Bobin
Worth
Yourself
Finding
" The joy of puppetry is that it is very simple and low-fi, which I love. "
James Bobin
Which
Very
Simple
" I'm probably an overcompensating introvert. I live in Hollywood, but I don't go to parties where I have to work the room. I could do that, but I don't want to... I try and stay the same and live a fairly normal life. "
James Bobin
Hollywood
Live
Work
" The Muppets are always really positive when they come across adversity, and they always have the ability to see the good in people. "
James Bobin
Adversity
See
Positive
" When you try to teach children things, you're trying not necessarily to do it directly. "
James Bobin
Teach
You
Children
" No, the Muppets are not communist. And the character of Tex Richman is not an allegory for capitalism in any way. The character is called Tex Richman. "
James Bobin
Communist
Character
Way
" I'd rather not ever make anything overly simple just because I'm scared people won't get it. "
James Bobin
Just Because
People
Simple
" I remember watching 'The Muppet Show' in the '70s. I was six or seven, and my dad watched it with me, and my grandparents watched it with me, and we're all laughing throughout, but I think we were probably laughing at different things. "
James Bobin
Remember
Grandparents
Think
" I am a great believer that your humor is developed at a very early age, and it doesn't ever change. You're basically the same person forever, so you find the same stuff funny forever. "
James Bobin
Humor
Change
Age
" Muppet films are never easy to film 'cause Muppets have no legs. "
James Bobin
Cause
Muppet
Legs
" The thing about me is that my secret passion is history. "
James Bobin
Passion
Secret
Me
" Film shouldn't be a pain. It's a creative process. "
James Bobin
Creative
Film
Pain
" There's nothing sadder than being in a tribute band - especially a tribute band for your own thing you did originally. "
James Bobin
You
Tribute
Own
" You always want to aim high. "
James Bobin
Want
You
Aim
" Lewis Carroll, you see, wasn't really interested in telling an exciting story. Well, he wasn't interested in things like cause and effect or a linear narrative. It's surreal, it's absurd, it's wordplay, it's satirical, it's analyzing itself, it's funny, it's an enormous challenge. "
James Bobin
You
Funny
Challenge
" If you know people, it's so much more fun working with them because it's like your family is back together again. "
James Bobin
Know
People
Together
" It's a beacon of hope in a dark world. You watch 'The Muppets' and you're smiling for an hour and a half, and then you go outside, and the economy is in crisis. "
James Bobin
World
You
Dark
" 'The Muppet Show' spoke to me at 5, and it speaks to me in my late 30s in the same way. "
James Bobin
Show
Late
Me
" I worked on both 'Borat' and 'Bruno,' but in a very producer-y role. "
James Bobin
Very
Worked
Both