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James Bobin

(1972) Film Director

51 quotes in 224 categories

James Bobin is a film director.

Quick Facts About James Bobin

Born: January 1, 1972
Profession: Film Director

About James Bobin

[Wikidata] British film and television director... | [Wikipedia] James Bobin is a British filmmaker. He worked as a director and writer on Da Ali G Show and helped create the characters of Ali G, Borat and Brüno. With Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement, he co-created Flight of the Conchords. He directed the feature films The Muppets (2011), Muppets Most Wanted (20

Quotes by James Bobin

I love the idea of exploring the Victorian imagination and what Victorians thought the world of fantasy would look like.

I love

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'Muppets' is incredibly analog, 'Alice' is very digital.

Alice

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The thing about me is that my secret passion is history.

About

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The Muppet Show is very much seen as an English thing. So for us in the U.K. it is one of the…

Children

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The Muppets are always really positive when they come across adversity, and they always have the ability to see the good in…

Adversity

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

Audience

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As a director, obviously you should challenge yourself. It's important, because it's this thing that takes you away from your family for…

Challenge yourself

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

Continuity

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Film shouldn't be a pain. It's a creative process.

Cinema

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

Kids

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I am a great believer that your humor is developed at a very early age, and it doesn't ever change. You're basically…

Age

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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…

Amazing things

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I think we live in an entertainment world where performers like to flaunt how great they are. The Conchords don't do that.…

Entertainment

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

Foreground

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

Allegory

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It's a beacon of hope in a dark world. You watch 'The Muppets' and you're smiling for an hour and a half,…

Crisis

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The joy of puppetry is that it is very simple and low-fi, which I love.

I love

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I've always loved 'Alice,' and I've always loved Lewis Carroll. I love his kind of tone and his intelligence.

I love

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

Age

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Cable news is 24 hours long, so you have to fill it up with something.

24 hours

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I think one of the great bits of The Muppet show is that it was set in a 19th century British theater…

19th century

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I've always liked the Muppets. I watched 'The Muppet Show' in England every week as a child. The show was originally broadcast…

Always

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In England, 'The Muppet Show' is very much seen as an English thing. So for us in the U.K., it is one…

Children

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

Cold

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'The Muppet Show' spoke to me at 5, and it speaks to me in my late 30s in the same way.

Late

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