“Tim is a genius or he certainly was in his most creative years.”
“I would have been fine with that, if that’s what I signed up for.
I always thought his story was perfect, and he designed the main characters.
Jack Skellington in ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’.Everett Collection
But it was really me and my team of people who brought that to life.”
EW has reached out to Burton and Disney for comment.
That didn’t hurt.
Tim Burton and Henry Selick on ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ set.Touchstone Pictures/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images
So I really, truly like to collaborate," he finished.
“But I’m the one leading the team to make the movie.”
The Nightmare Before Christmashas become a holiday staple over the last 29 years.
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