I become exaggerated, and loud, and obnoxious, and full of the spirit of improvisation. That's one of the weird things about performing, I think that any performer will say the same thing when you're on stage in front of a crowd there's a certain moment when you kind of click into a trance-like state and you just kind of go with it. I love getting into that mode. It's transcendental.

Puppets are pure form then ideas for performance come out of that. It's always the form and the visuals and that's why I like to make puppets in a gallery or museum. They're not often in those contexts.

I'm just a mule with blinders on, I can't help myself.

Artists are people who create beauty. That's the bottom line.

I am very suspicious of cameras and dramatic interpretations and the whole Hollywood myth-making process. I don't trust it. I've seen it affect people in bad ways.

I throw dignity out the window, and just become a creature of the moment on the stage. I act like I'd never act in real life.

But I think frustration is hilarious. One of my missions is to bring humor into fine art. It's sacred.