You're basically the same person forever so you find the same stuff funny forever. The Muppet Show spoke to me at 5 and it speaks to me in my late 30…

- James Bobin

Cable news is 24 hours long so you have to fill it up with something. No, the Muppets are not communist. And the character of Tex Richman is not an a…

- James Bobin

I am always a great fan of keeping things on an eye level for comedy because it plays better.

- James Bobin

With humans you would say, "Don't stand over there." and that would probably work. With puppets, you can't stand over there because you would see the…

- James Bobin

There's a cyclical nature to what people like in the world. Through time, things come around again.

- James Bobin

You are a product of what you watch as a kid largely.

- James Bobin

I never want to make a movie which is going to be CG filled, cold, and computerized.

- James Bobin

Honestly, puppets themselves are actors effectively. The joy of puppetry is that it is very simple and low-fi, which I love.

- James Bobin

Inevitably in any work you do I think that there is a sense of continuity, and I like that.

- James Bobin