Tim Burton Quotes

Tim Burton is a famous Hollywood film director, producer, artist, writer, animator, puppeteer, and actor.  He is known for his unique fantasy and gothic horror films.   Some of his popular movies which have become cult are Beetlejuice (1988), Edward Scissorhands (1990), The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Ed Wood (1994), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Corpse Bride (2005), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), Dark Shadows (2012), and Frankenweenie (2012).  He is well known for his witty quotes.  In this article we look at some famous Tim Burton quotes besides looking at his phenomenal journey to fame.

Tim Burton Early Life

Walter”Tim” Burton was born on 25 August 1958 in Burbank, California. He was a recluse in his childhood, which he spent mostly drawing cartoons and watching old movies. Burton was in the ninth grade when won a prize for an anti-litter poster he designed. The local garbage company placed this poster on all of their garbage trucks for a year. After finishing high school, he attended the California Institute of the Arts. Burton’s first job after graduating from that school was an animator for Disney.

Tim Burton in Disney

Disney recognized his talent, and he made his first short movie in 1982, Vincent. It is an animated short story about a boy who wanted to be just like Vincent Price. Thereafter there has been no looking back. Today Burton is a famous Hollywood director, film producer, author, and performer.

Time Burton Movies

He’s famed for dim, quirky-themed films like Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Sleepy Hollow, Corpse Bride, and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and for blockbusters like Pee-wee’s Big Adventure, Batman, Batman Returns, Planet of the Apes, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Alice in Wonderland. Some of his movies have been blockbusters and among highest highest-grossing movies of Hollywood. Dark Shadows, his movie adaption, Frankenweenie, was released in 2012. Other movies are Big Eyes in 2014, film adaptations of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, and Dumbo, released in 2016 and 2019.

Tim Burton and Johnny Depp

Tim Burton made many movies, but throughout the most frequent collaboration has been with Johnny Depp.  Every collaboration has been successful. These movies are Edward Scissorhands (1990), Ed Wood (1994), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007),   Alice in Wonderland (2010) and Dark Shadows (2012).  Burton and Johnny Depp became a close friends because of their movies together.

Tim Burton Books

In addition, Burton has also written and illustrated the poetry book The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories, published in 1997.

Tim Burton Drawings

Tim Burton Drawings which are a compilation of his own drawings, entitled ‘The Art of Tim Burton’, premiered in the year 2009.

Tim Burton personal Life

Tim Burton had been married to Lena Gieseke who was a German-born artist from 1987 to 1991. The marriage ended in 1991. Burton then dated model and actress Lisa Marie Smith (better known by her stage name of Lisa Marie). They lived together and she acted in many of his films like Sleepy Hollow, Ed Wood, and Mars Attacks. Burton then moved on to a relationship with actress Helena Bonham Carter. They have two children, a son, and a daughter.

Tim Burton Net Worth

Tim Burton Net worth is estimated to be around 100 million. Burton divorced his wives, one after the other, cost a lot of money in divorce settlements.  Had it not been for these two divorce settlements, his net worth would have been much more.

Awards and Recognition

Tim Burton has been nominated many times for his movies and has won many awards. He has won Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award, Saturn Awards, and many more. On March 15, 2010, Burton was honored with the insignia of Chevalier of Arts and Letters from the then Minister of Culture Frédéric Mitterrand.

Quotes from Tim Burton

Here are some great quotes from Tim Burton.

Tim Burton Love Quotes

“I love you much more than anything else in this twisted life of mine.” – Tim Burton

“Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your heart or burn down your house, you can never tell.” – Tim Burton

Tim Burton Movie Quotes

“We all have our secrets. We just didn’t get to yours yet.” – Edward Scissorhands

“We’re all mad here.” – Cheshire Cat, Alice in Wonderland

Tim Burton Quotes from Corpse Bride

“There’s something simply irresistible about life’s eternal mysteries, don’t you think?” – Victor Van Dort

“Marriage is a partnership, not a democracy.” – Emily

Tim Burton Halloween Quotes

“Every day is Halloween, isn’t it? For some of us.” – Beetlejuice

“I myself am strange and unusual.” – Lydia Deetz, Beetlejuice

Alice in Wonderland Quotes by Tim Burton

“I can’t go back to yesterday because I was a different person then.” – Alice

“Sometimes I believe in as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” – White Queen

Quotes by Tim Burton

“One person’s craziness is another person’s reality.”

“Visions are worth fighting for. Why spend your life making someone else’s dreams?”

Other Quotes from Tim Burton

Here are some more quotes from Tim Burton.  Some of these quotes by Tim Burton are from his famous movies.