So many of my dreams were to actually be able to make a living of what I did as a hobby.

Sometimes we think of a creature like a person in a suit, but then you have limitations of two eyes and two legs - they have to see and breathe. I got more into puppetry because it offered more possibilities.

The problem I have with schools is, people are taught, 'This is how you do this.' They're not taught about why you do this.

So many people of my generation all grew up with that shock theater package on television of 'Frankenstein,' 'Wolfman,' 'Dracula,' 'Mummy,' all the Universal stuff.

I don't want to be doing movies that I don't want to do. They take so much out of you.

I'm amazed that movies ever get finished at all - much less come out good once in a while. It's an awful lot of work and it can go wrong a thousand different ways.

I find it kind of disturbing when people cheer when someone just gets stabbed brutally.