The writing was beautiful.
The character was beautiful.
What I suppose [attracted] me emotionally was that Edward was me.
Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder in ‘Edward Scissorhands’ (1990)20th Century Fox Film Corp. / Courtesy Everett Collection
Its exactly what I should be doing.
Coming off his 1987-1990 stint on21 Jump Street, Depp felt pigeonholed as a teen idol.
Tims really juggling because hes getting hit by his agent, the studio, everybody.
Winona Ryder and Johnny Depp inEdward Scissorhands(1990). (20th Century Fox Film Corp. / Courtesy Everett Collection)
She said, Are you f***ing nuts?'
Youre a TV actor guy.
Because at that time it was almost either-or.
The untitled Tim Burton docuseries premieres Monday, June 10 at the Tribeca Film Festival.
