The first time I made myself up, I was looking at my reflection in the mirror and it wasnt me looking back. It allowed me to do things I couldnt do as myself. I found out how powerful that was and how much that can mean to an actor.

I do what I did as a hobby as a kid, you know, and make a living at it. And I just feel like I'm one of the luckiest guys in the world 'cuz I get paid to make toys and play with them.

I can't tell you how many people would say to me as a teenager, 'Why don't you grow up and start thinking about getting a real job?

When you're working on a movie you always hope that people will go for it and enjoy what you're doing.

I was born in 1950 and watched science fiction and horror movies on TV and was always really fascinated by them.

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.

CGI has a lot of backlash now. I think it's just because there are so many people doing it. It's a tool and it's only as good as the people behind it.