I'm more prone to anarchy than I am to control - even though I'm a film director. — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
If you really want your films to say something that you hope is unique, then patience and stamina, thick skin and a… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
At the first screening, there were a lot of areas that we went around and around about. Then we had our second… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
All films are learning processes. I am still trying to work out how you make a movie. I didn't study at film… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
I just like the fact I can make a film which might give comfort to some people who think they are the… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
I think it's worse for actors, though, because people have to choose you. As a director, I get to choose the actors,… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
We did Holy Grail, and I got my name up there as one of the directors. After that, I started moving more… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
We took up the offer with the BBC, and that was Monty Python's Flying Circus. I didn't have to submit my ideas… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
I do want to say things in these films. I want audiences to come out with shards stuck in them. I don't… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
They pay money to watch the same film. Now, you could argue, that's because it makes them feel comfortable. When they go… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
I think there's a side of me that's trying to compete with Lucas and Spielberg - I don't usually admit this publicly… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
What I want to do is make films that astonish people, that astound people, and I hope you want to do that… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
To me, the stories that have always intrigued me are the stories of people leaving my movies and being affected by them.… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
Nooo! Leave that to George Lucas, he' s really mastered the CGI acting. That scares me! I hate it! Everybody is so… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
The English are such a frightened, nervous, insecure group of people - they no longer rule the world! — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
Well, I really want to encourage a kind of fantasy, a kind of magic. I love the term magic realism, whoever invented it –… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
I was doing political cartoons and getting angry to the point where I felt I was going to have to start making and throwing… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
I'm trying to escape by forming my own kind of world. Basically, I'm trying to encourage others to do the same. — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
I was getting frustrated with America. It's interesting how as simple a thing as, like, letting your hair grow longer changed in the world… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
I'm overwhelmed by writers. Most people aren't impressed by writers, but if you can draw a cartoon or a picture, they think you're magic. — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
Nobody went to see Tideland! I was hoping people would get angry about it but those that saw it didn't want to talk about… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
Fantasy isn't just a jolly escape: It's an escape, but into something far more extreme than reality, or normality. It's where things are more… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
It's hard for me to worry about the studios losing money. I'm not very sympathetic to their money problems, because they certainly haven't been… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
When it came to slaughtering sacred cows with such crude yet perfect musical precision, there was no one better than Frank. I wonder what… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
