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

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 used to have to save my allowances to buy a quart of rubber to make a mask, and it's how I spent all my free time.

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

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