Once the voices are in your head, it's either make a movie or kill a lot of people. — 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
The more money you have to work with, the more people you have to deal with that you probably don't want to… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
I like being a patron of things, I like patronizing things. And if it's not going to be people, I'll patronize a… — 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… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
I was an incredible Anglophile. I found people who shared the same sense of humor and attitude toward the world. — 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
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
Nobody went to see Tideland! I was hoping people would get angry about it but those that saw it didn't want to… — 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
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
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
A lot of people seem to get carried away that something that's made out of paper mâché is going to be better… — 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
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
People in Hollywood are not showmen, they're maintenance men, pandering to what they think their audiences want. — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
People used to think we just faked all that stuff... it was all written, rehearsed. The fact that it looks as cobbled… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
I want brave people. Fearless ones. A good actor just goes out and leaps off the edge and develops wings on his… — 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
![“I think [Hollywood] has achieved everything they’ve always dreamed of. The audience now seems to be very dumb. They pay money to watch the same film. Now, you could argue, that's because it makes them feel comfortable. When they go to a movie now, it's almost like hearing a pop song. You know the…” quote by Terry Gilliam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d01/terry-gilliam-7704_again-and-again_i-think-hollywood-has-achieved-everythin_2727931.jpg)
