American - Director | August 25, 1958 -
I remember early in my career with Disney, which was a very strange time in the company - there were a couple of executives who were very supportive of me and kind of let me do my own thing.
Tim Burton
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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.
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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 bit.
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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 Big Adventure.'
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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 on the street and says something to you, and you know it's meant something to them, and it's connected to some project. That, I find, is amazing.
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If I'd said, 'I'm going to be a director,' it probably wouldn't have happened.
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I keep thinking I'm going to miss it back in Los Angeles. But I don't. The only thing I miss is driving out in the desert in the Southwest.
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Danny Elfman, the composer, tells me the only time he thinks I'm happy is when I'm on the scoring stage, and I see the pressure's on him and it's a little off me.
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I guess I feel so tortured most of the time, when I see someone else feeling tortured, I get a little perverse glee out of it.
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