“When someone tells us something we’re doing wrong on the boards, we try to respond, we try to be responsive to the fan boards, but yeah, I can’t read them.”

I think LEGOs are one of the best toys ever developed.

Whether it’s in a phrase like “going over like a lead balloon” or “a needle in a haystack,” or tackling movie myths or even a genre, like MacGyver or James Bond

Back when I was a professional model-maker at Industrial Light & Magic, my specialty was hard-edged construction – spaceships, miniature sets, and architectural stuff.

In the spirit of science, there really is no such thing as a ‘failed experiment.’ Any test that yields valid data is a valid test.

There is no dignity in television.

There is so much history in New York State, from the Erie Canal to the Catskills, the birth of American stand-up comedy.

It’s about mindset of looking at the world in a playful and curious and creative way.

Giving me strength to shoot for more than I think I’m capable of.

Remember kids, I have life insurance.

I mean it’s ridiculous. People just walk up and grab you and hold you, because they love Chewbacca so much.

The idea of a portable kit that has everything you might need ignites something inside me. It’s like Batman’s utility belt.

It’s a group of prop crazies just like me called the Replica Props Forum, and it’s people who trade, make and travel in information about movie props.

This is called being a human and it happens to everyone.

sticks and stones can only break bones; but words can shatter the soul

That’s our people. That’s the way we like to think.

Let’s blow some stuff up.

Then I am reminded that life will continue on, regardless of whether I choose to board the train or stay on the platform.

Very rarely are we directing or cutting someone elses boards. We concept, direct, shoot, animate and edit almost everything that comes through here.

It’s one of our favorite American myths that broad plains necessarily make broad minds, and high mountains make high purpose.

Rockefeller and his associates did not build the Standard Oil Co. in the board rooms of Wall Street banks.

You make yourself broad. You make yourself appealing. ‘Hey, y’all, I’m cool with everybody.’ That’s my message.

A lumberman will look at a forest and see so many board feet of lumber. I see a living city.

The spectrum on the list is very broad. It includes leftists who think that whiny liberals should be stuffed in a sack and drowned.

I’m just bringing them to Kassel to see the art show, and pay their room and board.