--- title: "1 Grenade Quotes By Terry Gilliam" description: "1 Grenade quotes by Terry Gilliam. Plus more from Terry Gilliam and more Grenade sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/137/terry-gilliam-7704_bergman_what-i-want-to-do-is-make-films-that-ast_2204254.jpg" --- > [What I want to do is make films that astonish people, that astound people, and I hope you want to do that too. It's easy to make money. It's easy to make films like everybody else. But to make films…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gilliam/what-i-want-to-do-is-make-films-that-astonish-people-that-astound/) [Terry Gilliam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gilliam/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/137/terry-gilliam-7704_bergman_what-i-want-to-do-is-make-films-that-ast_2204254.jpg) ## Other authors on Grenade - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-green-51499.jpg) John Green 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grenade/john-green/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rick-riordan-79077.jpg) Rick Riordan 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grenade/rick-riordan/) ## More by Terry Gilliam > [The English are such a frightened, nervous, insecure group of people - they no longer rule the world!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gilliam/the-english-are-such-a-frightened-nervous-insecure-group-of-people/) [Terry Gilliam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gilliam/) > [Well, I really want to encourage a kind of fantasy, a kind of magic. I love the term magic realism, whoever invented it –…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gilliam/well-i-really-want-to-encourage-a-kind-of-fantasy-a-kind-of-magic-i/) [Terry Gilliam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gilliam/) > [I was doing political cartoons and getting angry to the point where I felt I was going to have to start making and throwing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gilliam/i-was-doing-political-cartoons-and-getting-angry-to-the-point-where-i/) [Terry Gilliam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gilliam/) > [I'm trying to escape by forming my own kind of world. Basically, I'm trying to encourage others to do the same.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gilliam/i-m-trying-to-escape-by-forming-my-own-kind-of-world-basically-i-m/) [Terry Gilliam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gilliam/) > [Hyperbole is something Id better avoid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gilliam/hyperbole-is-something-id-better-avoid/) [Terry Gilliam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gilliam/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gilliam/i-was-getting-frustrated-with-america-it-s-interesting-how-as-simple/) [Terry Gilliam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gilliam/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gilliam/i-m-overwhelmed-by-writers-most-people-aren-t-impressed-by-writers/) [Terry Gilliam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gilliam/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gilliam/nobody-went-to-see-tideland-i-was-hoping-people-would-get-angry-about/) [Terry Gilliam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gilliam/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gilliam/fantasy-isn-t-just-a-jolly-escape-it-s-an-escape-but-into-something/) [Terry Gilliam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gilliam/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gilliam/it-s-hard-for-me-to-worry-about-the-studios-losing-money-i-m-not-very/) [Terry Gilliam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gilliam/) > [Hyperbole is something I'd better avoid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gilliam/hyperbole-is-something-i-d-better-avoid/) [Terry Gilliam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gilliam/) > [When it came to slaughtering sacred cows with such crude yet perfect musical precision, there was no one better than Frank. I wonder what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gilliam/when-it-came-to-slaughtering-sacred-cows-with-such-crude-yet-perfect/) [Terry Gilliam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gilliam/) > [I've given up asking questions. l merely float on a tsunami of acceptance of anything life throws at me ... and marvel stupidly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gilliam/i-ve-given-up-asking-questions-l-merely-float-on-a-tsunami-of/) [Terry Gilliam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gilliam/) > [You know the hardest thing to do in Hollywood is burn bridges. There is usually some sucker who still likes me. There is usually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gilliam/you-know-the-hardest-thing-to-do-in-hollywood-is-burn-bridges-there/) [Terry Gilliam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gilliam/) > [Once the voices are in your head, it's either make a movie or kill a lot of people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gilliam/once-the-voices-are-in-your-head-it-s-either-make-a-movie-or-kill-a/) [Terry Gilliam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gilliam/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grenade/terry-gilliam/#itemlist", "name": "1 Grenade Quotes By Terry Gilliam", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What I want to do is make films that astonish people, that astound people, and I hope you want to do that too. It's easy to make money. It's easy to make films like everybody else. 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