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Tim Burton

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I am not a dark person and I don't consider myself dark.


— Tim Burton


#consider #dark #i #i am #myself

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


#i #immediate #know #maybe #movie

I never really got nightmares from movies. In fact, I recall my father saying when I was three years old that I would be scared, but I never was.


— Tim Burton


#father #got #i #in fact #movies

I wouldn't know a good script if it bit me in the face.


— Tim Burton


#face #good #good script #i #know

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


#been #clown #costume #could #dark

If I had a choice about going to a meeting at a studio or changing a nappy, I'd choose the nappy.


— Tim Burton


#changing #choice #choose #going #had

It's good as an artist to always remember to see things in a new, weird way.


— Tim Burton


#artist #good #new #remember #see

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.


— Tim Burton


#actor #always #as far as #brilliant #edge

One person's crazyness is another person's reality.


— Tim Burton


#person #reality

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


#dr #favorite #growing #growing up #his






About Tim Burton

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Did you know about Tim Burton?

Early career: 1980s
Burton graduated from CalArts in Santa Clarita California in 1979. It has received mixed reviews. Corpse Bride

Corpse Bride (2005) was Burton's first full-length stop motion film as a director featuring the voices of Johnny Depp as Victor and Helena Bonham Carter (for whom the project was specifically created) as Emily in the lead roles.

Burton has directed 16 films and produced 12 as of 2012. Burton is known for using recurring collaborators on his works; among them are Johnny Depp who has become a close friend of Burton since their first film together; musician Danny Elfman who has composed scores for all but five of the films Burton has directed and/or produced; and domestic partner Helena Bonham Carter. He also wrote and illustrated the poetry book The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories publiTim Burtond in 1997 and a compilation of his drawings sketches and other artwork entitled The Art of Tim Burton was released in 2009.

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