We were really nervous when we stepped into that room. We were scared to death. We thought they'd eat us alive.

It's like a real job. It really gives people a perspective of what they're going to do in their life.

We were kind of in over our head.

I guess they thought I was just the opposite of her,

I've really developed an interest in reptiles. I didn't know anything about them when I bought Spot, and I thought it was time that I learned. . . .There are few animals I don't want to know more about.

Ivory was thought to very closely approximate human flesh. Like makeup you could put on a very thin veneer. A wash of watercolor paint is like putting on blush.