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.

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

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 not a big gore hound but monster gore is different to me than killing a teenager in any way that you can when another human-like person does it. I don't know how I rationalize that really but it seems different to me.

I wanted to make sure to always stay current, try to find new material and stay with the modern techniques.

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?