219 Quotes by Tim Burton

It's very nice to have someone that you can have a completely abstract conversation with and leave the room, feel like everything's fine, and then realize that if you pick it apart, you have absolutely no idea what either of you said.

I remember being forced to go to Sunday school for a number of years, even though my parents were not religious. No one was really religious; it was just the framework. There was no passion for it. No passion for anything. Just a quiet, kind of floaty, kind of semi-oppressive, blank palette that youre living in.

I've found that the people who play villains are the nicest people in the world and people who play heroes are jerks.

I was never interested in what everybody else was interested in. I was very interiorized. I always felt kind of sad.

I don't really dream, I space out during the day - that's one of my problems wonder off when someone's talking to me. I can't remember any dreams in my life. There's so much strange in real life that it often seems like a dream.

One of the things I loved about the musical was that you listened to the soundtrack and it told you the story.

Stick Boy liked Match Girl, He liked her a lot. He liked her cute figure, he thought she was hot. But could a flame ever burn for a match and a stick? It did quite literally; he burned up quick.

It's really nice to work with people who understand and really love the artistry of building sets, it's great.

I always felt that Hollywood has a way of making you feel outside.