“Big Fish was the first movie that we worked on together, and I had already written it. We had another director, but that director didn't do it. So, it was just a Hail Mary to Tim, and Tim said that he wanted to do it and I was like, "That's fantastic!" But, there wasn't a lot of collaboration because he knew what he wanted to do and just did it. There were very minor changes for Big Fish.” FirstsSaidBigsWantedTogetherWrittenDirectorsFishesFantasticCollaborationMaryMinorsHailBig FishHail Mary Author:John August
“I knew that this was the movie in which a lot of the cinema version of Burton-esque first started. So, I knew that there were things that were hugely important to him for it, but it didn't really feel that different than working on any other of these projects.” FeelsFirstsImportantDifferentProjectsVersionsCinema Author:John August
“The producers and I first talked about the Big Fish musical, right before we did the first test screening of the movie. I said, "I think there's a Broadway musical here." And really, from that day, we started figuring out how we would do it.” ThinkingFirstsSaidBigsTestsMusicalFishesProducersBroadwayScreeningBig FishBroadway Musical Author:John August
