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

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?

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.

I hate wasting time or money and that happens all the time for no good reason, and then people save money by skimping on the important things.

When I do a mask, I do try to put a lot of character and a lot of expression into the sculpt.

I feel like I have to top myself every film I do, and it gets hard.

It's fun doing new things.