“Maybe it’s just in America, but it seems that if you’re passionate about something, it freaks people out. You’re considered bizarre or eccentric. To me, it just means you know who you are.”
Tim Burton“Certain things leave you in your life and certain things stay with you. And that's why we're all interested in movies- those ones that make you feel, you still think about. Because it gave you such an emotional response, it's actually part of your emotional make-up, in a way.”
Tim Burton, Burton on Burton“Maybe it’s just in America, but it seems that if you’re passionate about something, it freaks people out. You’re considered bizarre or eccentric. To me, it just means you know who you are.”
Tim Burton“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.”
Tim Burton“You're entirely bonkers. But I'll tell you a secret. All the best people are.”
Tim Burton, Alice in Wonderland: Based on the Motion Picture Directed by Tim Burton“I think a lot of kids feel alone and slightly isolated and in their own world.”
Tim Burton“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“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“Movies are like an expensive form of therapy for me.”
Tim Burton“A lot of things you see as a child remain with you... you spend a lot of your life trying to recapture the experience.”
Tim Burton“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.”
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