Tim Burton
Tim Burton
Timothy Walter "Tim" Burtonis an American film director, producer, artist, writer and animator. He is known for his dark, gothic and quirky fantasy films such as Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, the animated musical The Nightmare Before Christmas, the biographical film Ed Wood, the horror fantasy Sleepy Hollow, and later efforts such as Corpse Bride, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Dark Shadowsand Frankenweenie. He is also known for blockbusters such as the adventure comedy Pee-wee's Big Adventure, the superhero...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth25 August 1958
CityBurbank, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I've found that the people who play villains are the nicest people in the world and people who play heroes are jerks.
Half the fun is plan to plan
I was never interested in what everybody else was interested in. I was very interiorized. I always felt kind of sad.
Jack Nicholson is a textbook actor who's very intuitive. He is absolutely brilliant at going as far as you can go, always pushing to the edge, but still making it seem real.
I don't really dream, I space out during the day - that's one of my problems wonder off when someone's talking to me. I can't remember any dreams in my life. There's so much strange in real life that it often seems like a dream.
You don't know whether chimps are going to kill you or kiss you. They're very open on some levels and much more evil in a certain way.
If I had a choice about going to a meeting at a studio or changing a nappy, I'd choose the nappy.
One of the things I loved about the musical was that you listened to the soundtrack and it told you the story.
Stick Boy liked Match Girl, He liked her a lot. He liked her cute figure, he thought she was hot. But could a flame ever burn for a match and a stick? It did quite literally; he burned up quick.
Anybody who knows me knows I would never read a comic book.
I wouldn't know a good script if it bit me in the face.
When it comes to art and science, people don't like a lot of either. Instead of being open to it, they're closed off about it.
It's really nice to work with people who understand and really love the artistry of building sets, it's great.
I always felt that Hollywood has a way of making you feel outside.