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.

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.

The problem I have with schools is, people are taught, 'This is how you do this.' They're not taught about why you do this.

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

I do fat people and these makeups are really hard to do, but I want to make monster movies.

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.