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

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

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

I think one of the great bits of The Muppet show is that it was set in a 19th century British theater and they live so nicely amongst that lovely old theater.

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

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

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

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 30s in the same way.

I am a great believe that your humor is developed at a very early age and it doesn't ever change.

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.

I think the children of Hollywood are more influential than the parents.

It does not matter where you are—from this very moment on you choose the direction of your life.

A president who has incited violence inspires citizens towards hate and violence.

A good marriage is where both people feel like they're getting the better end of the deal.

The longer I live the more conscious I am of human frailty, and of the constant, overwhelming need we all have of God’s grace.

I allow myself to be understood as a colorful fragment in a drab world.

I'm one year away from 70 and I've had a good run. I really believe I'm okay.

If you are lucky and work very hard, you may someday get to experience freedom from the known.

This is the saddest, most depressing music I've ever heard. It makes me so happy.

You move differently than you do when you're filling the stage at Radio City. You have to be bigger than life there.

I've never been fascinated by the party lifestyle. Penciling in a night to get wasted is not something I want to do.