TIM BURTON may have a form of autism, according to his longterm partner HELENA BONHAM CARTER
Bonham Carter recently filmed a TV movie in which she plays the real life mother of four autistic children and during her research she recognised character traits the director shares with kids with Asperger's Syndrome - of which the main symptom is an above average intelligence but less developed social and communication skills
She explains, "Tim will kill me, but while making this drama I realised he actually has a bit off Asperger's in him. You start recognising the signs.
"We were watching a documentary about autism and he said that's how he felt as a child.
"They (autistic people) have application and dedication. You can say something to Tim when he's working and he doesn't hear you.
"But that quality also makes him a fantastic father; he has an amazing sense of humour and imagination. He sees things other people don't see. Billy is enchanted by him."
Doesn't surprise me at all. He seems kind-of "off." My autistic son LOVES Tim Burton's work (what little he has seen). My son is obsessed with Halloween, monsters, ghosts, and aliens.
I don't know why, but I don't think it was a polite thing to do, saying that your loved one has a syndrome...
she's got some mustache, so what? Tim isn't going round saying, "oh, helena will kill me, but she could use a razor under her nose...oh, but being not conventionally pretty rendered her a very good actress, and a loving mate!"
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