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"It's into the same bag as E.T. and Yoda, wherein you're trying to create something that people will actually believe, but it's not so much a symbol of the thing, but you're trying to do the thing itself."
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"Yeah, I did some small parts in high school and the first year of college and then fairly soon thereafter I settled into the backstage scenery, and then at the University of Maryland I was doing posters for their productions."
"At the University of Maryland, my first year I started off planning to major in art because I was interested in theatre design, stage design or television design."
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"There was a little afternoon show that was called Afternoon. Back in those days in television, most local stations had a midday show for housewives that had a series of things. It was like a variety show for midday."
"No, there's not much competition between puppeteers in general because everybody's working their own style."
"When I was young, my ambition was to be one of the people who made a difference in this world. My hope is to leave the world a little better for having been there."
"Well, Detroit Institute is kind of a key - probably the largest permanent collection of puppets in the US."
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