No, there's not much competition between puppeteers in general because everybody's working their own style.

You're assisting the audience to understand; you're giving them a bridge or an access. And if you don't give them that, if you keep it more abstract, it's almost more pure. It's a cooler thing.

At the University of Maryland, my first year I started off planning to major in art because I was interested in theatre design, stage design or television design.

Life's like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending. We've done just what we set out to do. Thanks to the lovers, the dreamers and you.

The beauty of nature has been one of the great inspirations in my life.

I do remember doing shows strictly in black and white, too, so you're right.

If you take a character and you call him a frog, or like Rowlf, our dog, call him a dog, you immediately give the audience a handle.