All Tim Burton Quotes
- It's hard to find logic in things sometimes. That's why I can't analyze things too much, because it often doesn't make much sense. Analyze
- My parents suffered from that ideal of a perfect nuclear family. They found that a difficult pressure, I think. Difficult
- 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… Absolutely
- Things that I grew up with stay with me. You start a certain way, and then you spend your whole life trying to find a… Certain
- 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… Burbank
- I get so tired of people saying, 'Oh, you only make fantasy films and this and that', and I'm like, 'Well no, fantasy is reality',… Carroll
- I remember early in my career with Disney, which was a very strange time in the company - there were a couple of executives who… Career
- 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… All
- I think of Ray Harryhausen's work - I knew his name before I knew any actor or director's names. His films had an impact on… Actor
- 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; Intellectually,… Been
- In Hollywood, they think drawn animation doesn't work anymore, computers are the way. They forget that the reason computers are the way is that Pixar… Animation
- It's like getting into film - I didn't say early on, 'I'm going to become a filmmaker,' 'I'm going to show my work at MoMA.'… Early
- 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… Dr
- 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… Abnormal
- Movies are like an expensive form of therapy for me. Expensive
- One person's craziness is another person's reality. Craziness
- People told me I couldn't kill Nicholson, so I cast him in two roles and killed him off twice. Cast
- 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… Been
- Visions are worth fighting for. Why spend your life making someone else's dreams? Dream
- I wouldn't know a good script if it bit me in the face. Bit
- Anybody with artistic ambitions is always trying to reconnect with the way they saw things as a child. Always Trying
- I am not a dark person and I don't consider myself dark. Consider
- There's something quite exciting when you have a history with somebody and you see them do new and different things. Different Things
- You don't know whether chimps are going to kill you or kiss you. They're very open on some levels and much more evil in a… Certain
- Anybody who knows me knows I would never read a comic book. Anybody