Tim Burton Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“There's something quite exciting when you have a history with somebody and you see them do new and different things.”

“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 makes good movies. So everybody tries to copy Pixar. They're relying too much on the technology and not enough on the artists.”

“People told me I couldn't kill Nicholson, so I cast him in two roles and killed him off twice.”

“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.”

“When it comes to art and science, people don't like a lot of either. Instead of being open to it, they're closed off about it.”

“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', that's what Lewis Carroll showed in his work.”

“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, I don't think like that because I get uncomfortable.”

“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 way.”

“Anybody who knows me knows I would never read a comic book. And I certainly would never read anything written by Kevin Smith.”

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