PartyLines- photographs by Patrick McMullan

What is it like to be the subject of a museum exhibition? “It’s amazing. It’s something that’s never happened before, so it’s even more surreal than a movie premiere, because it’s more personal. It’s more exposing, in a way.” —Tim Burton

—Johnny Depp

What do you talk about during breakfast with your husband, Tim Burton? “Um, like normal people. It’s always a surprise to find out that we’re normal, but we are.” —Helena Bonham Carter

—Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen (Getty Images)

—Brooke Shields

What do you and Tim Burton like to talk about when not on set? “We usually talk about movies and experiences … it’s more like when we’re talking about images, ideas, movies that we like, things that are, you know, devastatingly funny or, you know, tragic.” —Danny DeVito

—Gabourey Sidibe

—Patti Smith

How would you describe Tim Burton’s work? “That he is the closest thing to Hieronymus Bosch, without the sexual obsession.” —James Toback

—Ashley Greene

—Rose Byrne

Tim Burton is remaking Alice in Wonderland. What other children’s stories would be great for him to work his magic on? “Oh, I think he’d be very good at those horrific morality stories, like ‘Straw Peter’ I could see him doing. And ‘little Johnny Head-in-Air,’ all those kind of really, um, disturbing stories.” —Hamish Bowles

—David & Julia Koch

—Veronica Webb

What is Tim Burton like when he’s not on set? “He’s always just Tim to me. He’s always been this funny, odd, quirky guy, and obviously he’s changed a little bit over the 24 years that I’ve known him, but less than you’d think.” —Danny Elfman