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Tim Burton
Tim Burton
American Director
Born: Aug 25, 1958
Life Me People Think Work You
Related authors: David Lynch George Lucas Martin Scorsese Spike Lee Stanley Kubrick Steven Spielberg Woody Allen
Visions are worth fighting for. Why spend your life making someone else's dreams? Tim Burton
Life Dreams Worth Fighting Else Spend Visions Someone Making Your Why
I've always been misrepresented. You know, I could dress in a clown costume and laugh with the happy people but they'd still say I'm a dark personality. Tim Burton
You Happy People Personality Dark Clown Say Laugh Dress Costume Could Misrepresented Know Always Still Been Happy People
I have a problem when people say something's real or not real, or normal or abnormal. The meaning of those words for me is very personal and subjective. I've always been confused and never had a clearcut understanding of the meaning of those kinds of words. Tim Burton
Me People Problem Words Confused Understanding Say Those Kinds Abnormal People Say Something Never Had Always Real Been Normal Subjective Very Personal Meaning Meaning Of
I can't remember any dreams in my life. There's so much strange in real life that it often seems like a dream. Tim Burton
Life Dreams Strange Remember My Life Real Life Dream Seems Like Real Any Often Much
It's good as an artist to always remember to see things in a new, weird way. Tim Burton
Good Remember Way See Weird Weird Way New Always Artist Things
I never saw Frankenstein or King Kong or the Creature from the Black Lagoon as bad guys. They were the good guys. Tim Burton
Good Black King Saw Frankenstein Bad King Kong Bad Guys Guys Never Kong Were Creature Good Guys
I used to have a phone machine that you turn 'on' and 'off,' which was great. Now, it's so technological that it's like going down the rabbit hole. Tim Burton
Great You Phone Down On And Off Machine Like Off Going Hole Which Rabbit Turn Turn-On Used Now Technological
Anybody with artistic ambitions is always trying to reconnect with the way they saw things as a child. Tim Burton
Ambition Saw Way Reconnect Always Child Trying Artistic Anybody Things
I did some sports. It was a bit frustrating. I wasn't the greatest sports person. Tim Burton
Sports Bit Some Greatest Person Did Frustrating
I am not a dark person and I don't consider myself dark. Tim Burton
Myself Dark Consider Am Person
When I was growing up, Dr. Seuss was really my favorite. There was something about the lyrical nature and the simplicity of his work that really hit me. Tim Burton
Work Nature Me Simplicity Lyrical Favorite About Something His Up Hit Movies Really Growing Growing Up Dr
I don't know what it was, maybe the movie theaters in my immediate surrounding neighbourhood in Burbank, but I never saw what would be considered A movies. Tim Burton
Saw Considered Immediate Neighbourhood Would Would-Be Never Know Surrounding Maybe Movie Theaters Movie Theaters Movies
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. Tim Burton
Love You Dark Lonely Think Kid Kind Super Some Something More Take Animation Like Also Make Click Real Models Move Lit Want Forms Special Unique Thing Started Set
It's people who you've seen that have given you a lot. In some ways, I felt they helped me psychologically because you see these people up on the screen going through torment and being on the outside, and somehow you relate to them, and it helps you get through life. It's a real honour and pleasure to then meet these people. Tim Burton
Life Me You People Seen Relate Meet Honour Pleasure Ways Torment See Some Somehow Given Through Outside Because Felt Real Lot Up Get Going Screen Being Psychologically Them Then Who Helped Helps
I remember early in my career with Disney, which was a very strange time in the company - there were a couple of executives who were very supportive of me and kind of let me do my own thing. Tim Burton
Time Me Strange Remember Own Kind My Own Supportive Couple Executives Were Very Which Disney Who Company Thing Early Career
There's something quite exciting when you have a history with somebody and you see them do new and different things. Tim Burton
History You Somebody See Something Exciting New Quite Different Them Different Things Things
I wouldn't know a good script if it bit me in the face. Tim Burton
Good Me Face Bit Good Script Know Script
It was a weird reaction to 'Batman Returns,' because half the people thought it was lighter than the first one, and half the people thought it was darker. I think the studio just thought it was too weird - they wanted to go with something more child- or family-friendly. In other words, they didn't want me to do another one. Tim Burton
Me People Words Thought First Half Think Too Other Batman Darker Something More Studio Lighter Weird Reaction First One Another Returns Because Go Than Child Just Family-Friendly Want Wanted In Other Words
Whether you like it or not, a child really connects you to that time when everything's new. It's so important - not just for artistic endeavors, but for humanity. Tim Burton
Time You Humanity Important Everything New Like Child Endeavors Artistic Just Whether Really Connects
People told me I couldn't kill Nicholson, so I cast him in two roles and killed him off twice. Tim Burton
Me People Cast Him Off Roles Twice Nicholson Two
Anybody who knows me knows I would never read a comic book. And I certainly would never read anything written by Kevin Smith. Tim Burton
Me Book Would Never Written Smith Read Knows Comic Comic Book Anybody Anything Certainly Who Kevin
My parents suffered from that ideal of a perfect nuclear family. They found that a difficult pressure, I think. Tim Burton
Family Pressure Parents Difficult Think Perfect Ideal Found Suffered Nuclear
I don't look at my films or my old drawings much, so that was an interesting way to kind of reconnect with myself a bit. Tim Burton
Myself Old Films Way Bit Drawings Kind Reconnect Look Interesting Interesting Way Much
I find that the most special thing to me is if you've connected to people in some way: If someone comes up to you on the street and says something to you, and you know it's meant something to them, and it's connected to some project. That, I find, is amazing. Tim Burton
Me You People Amazing Project Way Says Find Some Someone Something Know Most Up Them Meant Special Connected Street Thing

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