Tim Burton Biography

"You don't know whether chimps are going to kill you or kiss you. They're very open on some levels and much more evil in a certain way."

(On Warner Bros’ suggestions for “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”) "They thought the Charlie character should be more proactive and that Wonka should be more of a father figure, and I'm sitting there thinking 'Willy Wonka is not a father figure! If that's your idea of a father figure, yikes. Willy Wonka's a weirdo.'"

"Nobody had his [Ed Wood’s] style. That's something I try to do in my films. You have your own kind of cryptic messages in there - cryptic things that most people wouldn't understand but are important to you. Things that kind of keep you going through the process."

(On picking screenplays) "I wouldn't know a good script if it bit me in the face."