English - Director | 1972 -
You always want to aim high.
James Bobin
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When you try to teach children things, you're trying not necessarily to do it directly.
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Lewis Carroll, you see, wasn't really interested in telling an exciting story. Well, he wasn't interested in things like cause and effect or a linear narrative. It's surreal, it's absurd, it's wordplay, it's satirical, it's analyzing itself, it's funny, it's an enormous challenge.
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Cable news is 24 hours long, so you have to fill it up with something.
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No, the Muppets are not communist. And the character of Tex Richman is not an allegory for capitalism in any way. The character is called Tex Richman.
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I worked on both 'Borat' and 'Bruno,' but in a very producer-y role.
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I think, as a director, it's always worth pushing yourself and finding out new areas and exploring new ways to tell story.
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'Alice' is effectively a story about a game of cards. 'Through the Looking Glass' is a story of chess.
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I love the idea of exploring the Victorian imagination and what Victorians thought the world of fantasy would look like.
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I'd rather not ever make anything overly simple just because I'm scared people won't get it.
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The thing about me is that my secret passion is history.
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My films have a lot of historical context; I'm a huge fan of ruins. You see a lot of ruin work in my movies, I like ruins.
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