Winona Ryder pays tribute to Tim Burton at handprint ceremony
Actress Winona Ryder gave a touching speech about director Tim Burton as he was honored at the hand and foot print ceremony in Los Angeles.
The moviemaker had his hands and feet immortalized in cement outside the famous TCL Chinese Theater on Hollywood Boulevard to mark his contributions to the film industry on Thursday (08Sep16).
Ryder, who was directed by Burton in 1988 comedy fantasy Beetlejuice and 1990's Edward Scissorhands, attended the ceremony and introduced him with short speech thanking him for kickstarting her career, according to abc7.com.
"Tim understands the human heart in a way I have never seen certainly on screen," she added. "He knows the pain of the misunderstood, of the odd and even of the mad. He celebrates them in a way that is both totally unique, so very, very tender, sometimes terrifying and very often hilarious."
Ed Wood actor Martin Landau was also on hand to watch Burton make his imprints on the forecourt of the theater, a longstanding Hollywood tradition.
Burton later told the crowd the honor was "amazing" and added, "I love weird things so this is an amazingly weird thing."
"I grew up in Los Angeles... I used to walk these pavements as a child so for something like this to happen it's just a really special, surreal honor," Burton said, according to Reuters.
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