I find it kind of disturbing when people cheer when someone just gets stabbed brutally.
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So many of my dreams were to actually be able to make a living of what I did as a hobby.
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.
The first time I made myself up, I was looking at my reflection in the mirror and it wasn't me looking back. It allowed me to do things I couldn't do as myself. I found out how powerful that was and how much that can mean to an actor.
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 was born in 1950 and watched science fiction and horror movies on TV and was always really fascinated by them.
It's fun doing new things.
Usually people who are in my position, they run a company and they hire people and then they take the credit for 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.
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.
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.
It's a funny relationship that makeup artists have. I always feel kind of like a dentist. People look at me and think of pain.
I always wanted to make aliens that looked like '60s aliens.
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?'
I do a lot of CG stuff for fun.
I don't want to be doing movies that I don't want to do. They take so much out of you.
I enjoy doing digital work. I enjoy sculpting digitally. I've had my digital sculptures on covers of the top digital magazines.
I feel like I have to top myself every film I do, and it gets hard.
I have a job that I truly love, and an enormous crew of people that can do things better than I can!
I have always tried to stay current.
I love making scary faces, that's just how I grew up.
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 wanted to make sure to always stay current, try to find new material and stay with the modern techniques.
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