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 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.

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.

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

I have a job that I truly love, and an enormous crew of people that can do things better than I can!

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 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.

I've said this so many times but there's a magic when you have a really good actor in a really good makeup.

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

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

Proceed with caution when you befriend a writer, for if you fall out of their good graces they have the delightful capability of doing any number of dastardly things to you upon the written page.

We have allowed the interests of capital to outweigh the interests of human beings and our Earth.

I love Pinterest, so I got a little inspiration from there - I'm obsessed with cookies.

Everybody changes, not just me.

I'm in the movie business; it's meant to be very cutthroat. But you won't find anybody that ever says I cheated them or manipulated them.

Evangelism is not salesmanship. It is not urging people, pressing them, coercing them, overwhelming them, or subduing them. Evangelism is telling a message. Evangelism is reporting good news.

For God to mend your broken heart you must give him ALL the pieces. You can't hold any back.

My father's definitely old-school. And he raised me with integrity - to be places on time, show up, and work hard.

My whole life is driven by love. It always has been. It's never been driven by material things - which are just benefits of doing something I loved.

The man who never makes a mistake must get tired of doing nothing.