"You affirmed my voice. You reinforced my confidence to be myself, to go against the tides of conformity," said Ryder, who's now 52. "Your creative inclusiveness showed me what true artistic collaboration looked like, and, in other words, you made being a weird girl not just okay, but something to celebrate and even kind of cool."
Ryder and Burton worked together on the original Beetlejuice in 1988, when she was a teenager. They reteamed for Edward Scissorhands in 1990 and for 2012 animated film Frankenweenie.
"You've carried that torch for us weirdos, making us all feel seen and valued," Ryder said.