The English are such a frightened, nervous, insecure group of people - they no longer rule 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… — 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
Once the voices are in your head, it's either make a movie or kill a lot of people. — 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
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 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 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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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