Disney has done a lot for Tim Burton , from offering him an apprenticeship in animation following his graduation from CalArts to producing his first live-action short film “Frankenweenie” (as well as the feature animated version), but his experience making “ Dumbo ” for the Mouse House was anything but magical. In a recent interview with Variety , Burton shared that the circumstance was so dire, he even considered retiring following its release. However, his work on the Netflix series “Wednesday” and the upcoming legacy sequel “ Beetlejuice Beetlejuice ” helped him find his love for the craft again.
“Honestly, after ‘Dumbo,’ I really didn’t know. I thought that could have been it, really. I could have retired, or become.
.. well, I wouldn’t have become an animator again, that’s over.
(Laughs) But this did reenergize me,” Burton said of working on “Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice.” “Oftentimes, when you get into Hollywood, you try to be responsible to what you’re doing with the budget and everything else but sometimes you might lose yourself a little bit. This reinforced the feeling for me that it’s important that I do what I want to do, because then everybody will benefit.
” Earlier in the interview, Burton reflected on his relationship with studios as a whole, describing the push and pull that’s typical as far as convincing executives that they’re money is being used wisely. “I never felt like I was misusing company funds with studios, .