I don't want to be doing movies that I don't want to do. They take so much out of you.

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 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 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.

There is no bombast, no similes, flowers, digressions, or unnecessary descriptions. Everything tends directly to the catastrophe.

Watch what everyone else does--do the opposite. The majority is always wrong.

How wonderful," he purred. "I've been longing to speak to you for days, Princess Cecelia." "And I've been wanting to kick you in the shin for days.

Consistency is a huge thing at the top. It's hard to get to a good level, but once you get to a certain level, there's people who want your place.

Almighty Power, by whose most wise command, helpless, forlorn, uncertain, here I stand, take this faint glimmer of thyself away, or break into my soul with perfect day!

You have to really be careful with what you see and read because you can't believe it all.

We need a government, alas, because of the nature of humans.

A believer is a bird in a cage, a freethinker is an eagle parting the clouds with tireless wing.

We make our discoveries while in the state [of high functioning] because then we are clear-sighted.

Everything in my world was about him. What a silly thing to expect.