I always wanted to work with 'Big Eyes' director Tim Burton

Amy Adams says she actively lobbied for the role of artist Margaret Keane in director Tim Burton's upcoming biopic Big Eyes.
"I have been wanting to work with Tim forever; since I could think about being an actress," Adams declared at a recent press conference in New York.
"Like Margaret, I'm not really a great self-promotion expert," the actress explained. "Mostly, I just stutter when I meet people I want to work with. So, luckily, that worked with Tim. I wrote him a letter when I heard about this and that it was coming back around [after years in development.] I sent him an email, expressing my wishes to be involved. It was awesome. I was so relaxed on set, which I don't feel I should have been. But I felt like I was part of something bigger than just what I was playing, and that was a really great feeling."
Co-starring Christoph Waltz, Jason Schwartzman, Krysten Ritter and Danny Huston, Big Eyes is to open in U.S. theaters Christmas Day.