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It's good as an artist to always remember to see things in a new, weird way.

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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 dark personality. Tim Burton

Dress, Been, Always

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 personal and subjective. I've always been confused and never had a clearcut understanding of the meaning of those kinds of words. Tim Burton

Been, Very, Had

I can't remember any dreams in my life. There's so much strange in real life that it often seems like a dream. Tim Burton

Dreams, My Life, Like

It's good as an artist to always remember to see things in a new, weird way. Tim Burton

Remember, New, Always

Visions are worth fighting for. Why spend your life making someone else's dreams? Tim Burton

Someone, Making, Else

One person's crazyness is another person's reality. - Tim Burton

One person's crazyness is another person's reality. Tim Burton

Reality, Person, Another

Movies are like an expensive form of therapy for me. Tim Burton

Movies, Like, Form

Anybody with artistic ambitions is always trying to reconnect with the way they saw things as a child. Tim Burton

Reconnect, Always, Anybody

I am not a dark person and I don't consider myself dark. Tim Burton

Myself, I Am, Person

I wouldn't know a good script if it bit me in the face. Tim Burton

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 really hit me. Tim Burton

Work, Nature, Movies

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

People, Roles, Nicholson

To be honest, whatever troubles I've had, I've also gotten the opportunities to do things. Tim Burton

Honest, Things, Gotten

I've found that the people who play villains are the nicest people in the world, and people who play heroes are jerks. It's like people who play villains work out all their problems on screen, and then they're just really wonderful people. Tim Burton

Play, Villains, Screen

A lot of things you see as a child remain with you... you spend a lot of your life trying to recapture the experience. Tim Burton

See, Lot, Remain

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. Tim Burton

Reason, Everybody, Tries

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. Tim Burton

Think, Been, Always

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 that. I love all forms of animation, but there is something unique and special to stop-motion: it's more real and the set is lit like a set. But I think it's also a kind of lonely and dark thing to want to do. Tim Burton

Love, I Think, Some

People say I am stuck in childhood, but it's not that. I remember seeing a Matisse retrospective, and you could see he started out one way, and then he tried something different, and then he seemed to spend his whole life trying to get back to the first thing. Tim Burton

Back, I Remember, Whole

Working on 'Nightmare Before Christmas,' I had endless arguments, like the studio saying, 'You can't have a main character that's got no eyeballs!' 'How is anybody going to feel for somebody with just eyesockets?' You know? So, it's those kind of things that really wear you down. Tim Burton

Studio, Anybody, Before

I've often been accused of, 'Oh the movies looked good but there's no story,' but I disagree with that in theory, and '9' is a perfect example for me because the feel, the texture, and the look of that world, and those characters, is the story. That's a major component of why you feel the way you do when you're watching it. Tim Burton

Been, Feel, Perfect Example

Whether you like it or not, a child really connects you to that time when everything's new. It's so important - not just for artistic endeavors, but for humanity. Tim Burton

New, Like, Endeavors

It was a weird reaction to 'Batman Returns,' because half the people thought it was lighter than the first one, and half the people thought it was darker. I think the studio just thought it was too weird - they wanted to go with something more child- or family-friendly. In other words, they didn't want me to do another one. Tim Burton

I Think, Other, Studio

It's people who you've seen that have given you a lot. In some ways, I felt they helped me psychologically because you see these people up on the screen going through torment and being on the outside, and somehow you relate to them, and it helps you get through life. It's a real honour and pleasure to then meet these people. Tim Burton

Through, Some, Torment

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. Tim Burton

Going, Southwest, Angeles

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. Tim Burton

Like, Fantasy, Films

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