When I was a kid I always wanted to be a mad scientist. I don't know... a regular scientist just was no one.
Tim BurtonI grew up watching monster movies and horror movies, which I felt were like fairy tales and I think this always spoke to me. Something about that is symbolism - the beauty and the magic which helps me work with film and start making modern fairy tales.
Tim BurtonMy diagnosis," he said "for better or worse, is that your son is the result of an old pharaoh's curse.
Tim Burton[Childbirth] is the weirdest thing I've ever seen. It's like an 'Alien' movie. I started crying, it was so emotional ... I was there in the room but I wasn't planning on doing much. But then I see this blue pinhead come out and I think I said to the nurse, 'What the hell is that?' And then it turns into this round red thing in seconds. It's just shocking.
Tim Burton