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When I was a kid I always wanted to be a mad scientist. I don't know... a regular scientist just was no one.

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Tim Burton
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: August 25
Actor
Animator
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Burbank
California
Timothy Burton
Timothy William Burton
Timothy Walter Burton
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I wasn't a big comic book reader. I always had trouble knowing which box to read next. I was always reading from the wrong box. I was like, this is a comic book that doesn't make any sense! I think I was reading them all out of sequence.
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Son, are you happy? I don't mean to pry, but do you dream of Heaven? Have you ever wanted to die?
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People always think I get really good reviews, but I don't. That's why I don't go on the Internet much - because you can go down a dark hole looking at stuff. Once, I clicked on my name and freaked out. It's too bizarre, it's too weird, it's too unsettling.
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