Grilling Tim on the set was how I prepared for the part of Victor, ... I feel lucky that these parts arrived in front of me.

I would do anything Tim [Burton] wanted me to. You know - have sex with an aardvark... I would do it.

I feel very lucky to have been along for the ride, ... Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.

How many chances to you get to make a musical about a serial killer? The minute Tim Burton approached me, I was in.

When Tim makes that first call, there is no subject. There is no project. There is nothing. It's just that I'm going to be having a salad with Tim in a week -- and it's always been that way,

The secret code is Tim, ... He's just an amazing guy and filmmaker. He's just so pure and unrelenting and not capable of compromise in terms of his vision. I don't know, we have such a strange language.