Tim Burton ‘Honestly’ Considered Retirement After Making 2019’s Dumbo: ‘That Could Have Been It’

> “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,” he said with a laugh, noting that both Wednesday and the Beetlejuice sequel “did reenergize me.”

> “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,” he added. “This reinforced the feeling for me that it’s important that I do what I want to do, because then everybody will benefit.”