Anyone else notice Cusack's resemblance to Tim Burton?

Rating: Null/10 (9 November 1999)

Maybe it's just me, but this whole movie seemed like a parallel to how a director's life in Hollywood is. How they have to create their artistic visions with the use of Hollywood celebrities, how they're supposedly complete losers who make it big and then are insecure for the rest of their lives about losing that success, how they're supposedly easily manipulated by beautiful women into giving them parts in their movies, and how supposedly they make movies because they are for some reason unable to live normal lives so have to live vicariously through characters that they can control, unlike the characters in their lives. And when John Malkovich goes through the portal whoah!! That was just the perfect visualization of the egocentric actor's desire for the world to revolve around him becoming a nightmarish reality. And then with John Cusack being a dark, crazy-haired, unshaven nerd who likes playing with puppets (Tim Burton an his "Nightmare Before Christmas", anyone?) this whole director metaphor seemed to suddenly be more than just a wild rant in my mind but to actually have something to do with the story behind this seemingly non-sequitur film.... or am I just crazy? If anyone who's reading this knows anything about what the writer and director of this movie meant when they created this please email me, or even if I'm on the right track at least email me to reassure me that I am! I'm pretty sure "Being John Malkovich" is supposed to be just taken at face value, but where's the fun in that?