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People told me I couldn't kill Nicholson, so I cast him in two roles and killed him off twice.

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Tim Burton
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: August 25
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I wouldn't know a good script if it bit me in the face.
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I've always been misrepresented. You know, I could dress in a clown costume and laugh with the happy people but they'd still say I'm a dark personality.
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Everything in this room is edible. Even I'm edible. But, that would be called canibalism. It is looked down upon in most societies.
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I have a problem when people say something's real or not real, or normal or abnormal. The meaning of those words for me is very personal and subjective. I've always been confused and never had a clearcut understanding of the meaning of those kinds of words.
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