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People react differently to puppets than they do to human performers: they become more playful, more open.

I hate puppets so much.

When I was a kid, I never saw a puppet show. I never played with puppets or had any interest in them.

Children are so used to seeing puppets that when they see a real ventriloquist they don't understand it.

Funny enough, there have been puppets in everything I've written because I have a huge love of puppets. There's a big puppet musical at the end of 'Sarah Marshall.' I wrote 'The Muppets.'

I've never had anyone put on a puppet show to convince me of anything. And I've done a lot of stuff. I don't know that I would put the puppets on when I was pitching a show. This was the head of the studio putting a puppet show on. And I'll tell you, he wasn't bad.

I remember clearly watching a 'Sooty Show' at a theatre and telling my mum I wanted to be up with the puppets, not in the audience.

You can exaggerate with puppets. You're not trying to look like real people. The way the Muppets are designed is really appealing. Puppets are best if they're exaggerated creatures.

I could never be on stage on my own. But puppets can say things that humans can't say.