Character Quotes by Tim Burton

I grew up watching monster movies and horror movies, which I felt were like fairy tales and I think this always spoke to me.…

— 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…

— Tim Burton

Minister: Welcome, brother! Do you reject Satan and all his works? Bunny Breckinridge: Sure.

— Tim Burton

I've always been more comfortable making my decisions from the subconscious level, or more emotionally, because I find it is more truthful to me;…

— Tim Burton

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…

— Tim Burton

I'm not a big fan of spiders, rats, especially if they're like - I got up one morning on a holiday recently, and there…

— Tim Burton

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…

— Tim Burton

Some people get therapy, some people get to make movies.

— Tim Burton

My name is Jimmy, but my friends just call me the hideous penguin boy.

— Tim Burton

One of the things I loved about the musical was that you listened to the soundtrack and it told you the story.

— 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…

— Tim Burton

Things that I grew up with stay with me. You start a certain way, and then you spend your whole life trying to find…

— Tim Burton

But she knows she has a curse on her, a curse she cannot win. For if someone gets too close to her, the pins…

— 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…

— Tim Burton

When I went to Warner Bros., there was a woman named Bonnie Lee who was an executive who helped me to get to 'Pee-wee's…

— Tim Burton