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Tim Burton

Timothy Walter "Tim" Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an American film director, film producer, writer and artist.

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Tim Burton gave up on going to therapy, embraced kooky characters his mind creates

Even Tim Burton himself has given up trying to figure out what goes on in his crazy and creative, yet occasionally nonsensical mind.

"It is best not to analyze it, I had my years of psychotherapy and I just decided to stop. There is no point anymore," Burton told FOX411's Pop Tarts column while promoting "Dark Shadows." "It's more about the joy of doing it, seeing where something goes ... You have an idea and seeing organically where it takes you."And the famed director tells us each character he creates becomes a permanent part of his ever-evolving persona."I try to personalize every character that I deal with – you have to find something," Burton continued. "I have some Scissorhands, Sweeney Todd and Beetlejuice, they are all in there unfortunately."Based on the gothic soap opera of the same name, " Dark Shadows " stars his long-time collaborator Johnny Depp as 200-year-old vampire Barnabas Collins, and Michelle Pfeiffer as his reclusive cousin, Elizabeth Collins Stoddard.But unlike h...

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