Once the voices are in your head, it's either make a movie or kill a lot of people. — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
My problem is I'm like a junkie. I want a good movie fix, and I never get that fix. — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
The Brothers Grimm came along and I was so desperate for work... Actually I've got to say that I like the movie,… — 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
They make Spy Kids, they make Scream, they make A Scary Movie. This doesn't do that, so it could be a very… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
Now, anybody can make a movie, and I don't see that many great movies, because I think there's only a limited amount… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
I find Hollywood gives these pat stories, and they're reassuring stories, and I don't really want to give people that. Hollywood does… — 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
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
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
I think [Hollywood] has achieved everything they’ve always dreamed of. The audience now seems to be very dumb. They pay money to… — 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