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 More Quotes by Tim Burton More Quotes From Tim Burton It's good as an artist to always remember to see things in a new, weird way. Tim Burton artist remember way Certain things leave you in your life and certain things stay with you. And that's why we're all interested in movies- those ones that make you feel, you still think about. Because it gave you such an emotional response, it's actually part of your emotional make-up, in a way. Tim Burton emotional way thinking I always liked strange characters. Tim Burton strange character But she knows she has a curse on her, a curse she cannot win. For if someone gets too close to her, the pins stick further in. Tim Burton pins sticks winning If you ever had a pet, with me it was a dog, with that sort of unconditional love that only dogs can give, people can't do that; that sort of thing where it's very powerful, it's kind of your first love and your first real relationship, and usually your first experience with death. Tim Burton powerful real dog I always wonder why some people see things as weird and some people don't. Tim Burton conformity wonder people I was never interested in what everybody else was interested in. I was very interiorized. I always felt kind of sad. Tim Burton felt kind 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 simplicity that you had. It's less about staying in childhood than keeping a certain spirit of seeing things in a different way. Tim Burton childhood simplicity trying 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. Tim Burton logic too-much sometimes Good morning starshine the earth says hello. Tim Burton hello earth morning I've always liked monster movies and I've always been fascinated by - again, growing up in a culture where death was looked upon as a dark subject and living so close to Mexico where you see the Day of the Dead with the skeletons and it's all humor and music and dancing and a celebration of life in a way. That always felt more of a positive approach to things. I think I always responded to that more than this dark, unspoken cloud in the environment I grew up in. Tim Burton growing-up dark thinking Some people get therapy, some people get to make movies. Tim Burton therapy people If you want people to leave you alone then appearing to be crazy is a good thing. If you're walking down the street talking to yourself people tend to give you a wide berth! But I've always been blessed with being easily ignored or avoided. I think maybe it's because people think I look a little crazy. Tim Burton crazy blessed thinking I'm gonna go live in a cave, just completely live in my interior world. Tim Burton being-alone creativity caves The Girl With Many Eyes One day in the park I had quite a surprise. I met a girl who had many eyes. She was really quite pretty (and also quite shocking!) and I noticed she had a mouth, so we ended up talking. We talked about flowers, and her poetry classes, and the problems she'd have if she ever wore glasses. It's great to know a girl who has so many eyes, but you really get wet when she breaks down and cries. Tim Burton girl flower eye People told me I couldn't kill Nicholson, so I cast him in two roles and killed him off twice. Tim Burton motivational two people There was one moment, and it happened in school. I had a big final exam - we were supposed to write a 20-page report on this book about Houdini. I probably would have loved reading it, but I didn't, so I just decided to make a little super-8 movie based on it. I tied myself to the railroad tracks and all that. I mean, this is kid stuff, but it impressed the teacher, and I got an A. And that was maybe my first turning point, when I said, 'Yeah, I wouldn't mind being a filmmaker.' Tim Burton reading teacher book The Boy with Nails in His Eyes put up his aluminum tree. It looked pretty strange because he couldn't really see. Tim Burton eye tree boys When we were growing up and saw a Ray Harryhausen movie, we were interested in how it was done. But thank God we got to go through the magic of seeing it before we knew how it was done. You were able to get this beautiful, pure, visceral response to something without knowing too much about it. Tim Burton growing-up knowing beautiful [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 emotional blue thinking
