For Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, he came to me and said, "I want to do everything that's in the book, and as much more as you need, so that it all makes sense." I was like, "Okay!" And then,… — John August Copy Share Image
Most times a person grows up gradually, but I found myself in a hurry... Hoping to find an answer, I uncovered an article about… — John August Copy Share
I knew that Weird Girl was going to be kind of amazing. The secret truth of Weird Girl is that I put her in… — John August Copy Share
Every once in awhile, Allison Abbate would drop a note and say, "It's going really well!," and I was like, "Great!" So, I had… — John August Copy Share
You know something has really stuck in Tim's head when he's drawn what the character looks like. Weird Girl and Elsa actually switched places,… — John August Copy Share
Preacher is a great frustration because I thought it was done, and then it got put in the press notes for the [Frankenweenie] junket… — John August Copy Share
For Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, he came to me and said, "I want to do everything that's in the book, and as much… — John August Copy Share
I often say that a lot of my job, as a screenwriter, is sort of being a stock picker, in that I need to… — John August Copy Share
I counted it up once. I think I have written 45 full screenplays. Of those, maybe 15 have been shot, in some form. That's… — John August Copy Share
I convinced Tim to add one song, and then we added five. We changed a lot of things while we were shooting, which you… — John August Copy Share
Now, it's common knowledge that most towns of a certain size have a witch, if only to eat misbehaving children and the occasional puppy… — John August Copy Share
Frankenweenie is also about mortality, but at a very different stage. It's losing a parent versus losing a dog. I don't run away from… — John August Copy Share
Josh [Friedman] and I have been friends for years, and he said, "Hey, if you ever want to do a TV show, I can… — John August Copy Share
I knew that this was the movie in which a lot of the cinema version of Burton-esque first started. So, I knew that there… — John August Copy Share
With Corpse Bride, I saw a lot more of it during the process because we were changing things a lot. When I came onto… — John August Copy Share
I've always written towards movies that take place across two worlds. Most of the movies that I've worked on take place in two worlds,… — John August Copy Share
