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.

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

Cara: *Flies* Gen: What? I don't have wings! Cara: Ofcourse not! You're a boy.

My hope still is to leave the world a bit better than when I got here.

I hope that something better comes along.

It's a wonderful life and I love it.

The attitude you have as a parent is what your kids will learn from more than what you tell them. They don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are.