The more work I do, the more important it is to work with people I like - who are very talented.

I looked up to him because I was just a kid and this guy was actually doing the real work,

If they go out there and do their work and appeal to the American people, 15 percent is reachable. There's no attempt here to lock anyone out. They've just got to do their work.

Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

I never wanted to be a puppeteer. I stopped puppeteering when I was about 18. I puppeteered when I was eleven years old to 18 to make extra money to go to Europe, which I made half of and my parents gave me half.

I bought a tape recorder and some stuff and went to Europe for three months when I was 18. The puppeteering was only there as a hobby. I wanted to be a journalist. When I was 19, and after I had spent about a year in college, Jim Henson asked me to come out and try puppeteering for awhile.