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

My kids were always my test audience. I'd take home the dailies and show them what we'd been filming that day.

I love the idea that if you build something with enough depth and texture, you can watch it again and again and see new things every time, and that's very important.

It doesn't matter if you're good at anything, just try your best. Then there's the idea that individually they're flawed but together they can do amazing things. I think that's a very nice message and it's not something you hit people over the head with. It just comes with The Muppets; it's what they're about. It's that kind of innocent try, try, try quality. And it also makes them underdogs. You can't help but support the underdog.

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

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