Burton
Burton
thinking film trouble
It's like getting into film - I didn't say early on, 'I'm going to become a filmmaker,' 'I'm going to show my work at MoMA.' When you start to think those things, you're in trouble.
dark people creepy
Most people say about graveyards: "Oh, it's just a bunch of dead people. It's creepy." But for me, there's an energy to it that it not creepy, or dark. It has a positive sense to it.
years santa bears
Unwisely, Santa offered a teddy bear to James, unaware he had been mauled by a grizzly earlier this year.
winning sticks pins
But she knows she has a curse on her, a curse she cannot win. For if someone gets too close to her, the pins stick further in.
dream mean son
Son, are you happy? I don't mean to pry, but do you dream of Heaven? Have you ever wanted to die?
girl flower eye
The Girl With Many Eyes One day in the park I had quite a surprise. I met a girl who had many eyes. She was really quite pretty (and also quite shocking!) and I noticed she had a mouth, so we ended up talking. We talked about flowers, and her poetry classes, and the problems she'd have if she ever wore glasses. It's great to know a girl who has so many eyes, but you really get wet when she breaks down and cries.
girl eye winning
Staring Girl I once knew a girl who would just stand there and stare. At anyone or anything, she seemed not to care She'd stare at the ground, She'd stare at the sky. She'd stare at you for hours, and you'd never know why. But after winning the local staring contest, she finally gave her eyes a well-deserved rest.
rooms would-be gluttony
Everything in this room is edible. Even I'm edible. But, that would be called canibalism. It is looked down upon in most societies.
girl heart winning
Voodoo Girl Her skin is white cloth, and she's all sewn apart and she has many colored pins sticking out of her heart. She has many different zombies who are deeply in her trance. She even has a zombie who was originally from France. But she knows she has a curse on her, a curse she cannot win. For if someone gets too close to her, the pins stick farther in.
upset faces mayors
Mayor: How horrible our Christmas will be! Jack Skellington: *No.* [the Mayor switches to his upset face] Jack Skellington: How *jolly*! Mayor: Oh. How *jolly* our Christmas will be
thinking hair needs
And in that one grey hair I saw my whole life and I said "I think I need a hair.
brother bunnies welcome
Minister: Welcome, brother! Do you reject Satan and all his works? Bunny Breckinridge: Sure.
boys names penguins
My name is Jimmy, but my friends just call me the hideous penguin boy.
lonely real moving
I started to do stop-motion when I was a kid. You take a Super 8 and make some models, and move, click, move, click. All that. I love all forms of animation, but there is something unique and special to stop-motion: it's more real and the set is lit like a set. But I think it's also a kind of lonely and dark thing to want to do.