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.

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

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.

What has the church gained if it is popular but there is no conviction, no repentance, no power?

The personal, if it is deep enough, becomes universal, mythical, symbolic.

You know, one of the tragedies of real life is that there is no background music.

Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?

The only thing to do is to hug one's friends tight and do one's job.

For true downtime, I enjoy going for light runs, having drinks with friends and going to the movies with my husband.

I don't kiss on the first date. My friends always make fun of me for that! But I will hold hands.

You're so brutal to those who love you, Scarlett. You take their love and hold it over their heads like a whip.

The Holy Koran, our religious book, teaches us, that we who declare ourselves to be righteous Muslims, do not participate in no wars, in no way, fashion or form, that take the lives of other humans.

Artists don't always know. Almost every song I ever recorded that was a hit at the majors that the promotional people picked I didn't think it would be a hit. I was wrong every time!