I've said this so many times but there's a magic when you have a really good actor in a really good makeup.

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.

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

It's a funny relationship that makeup artists have. I always feel kind of like a dentist. People look at me and think of pain.

There's a limit to what I can do with a makeup or with animatronics.

It's funny: I've been very successful and done a lot of films, and I don't really have an agent - I don't really pursue jobs, I let people come to me.

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.