To me, the stories that have always intrigued me are the stories of people leaving my movies and being affected by them. They walk home 20 blocks the wrong way. Or they lock themselves in their office. Or they find… — 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 – I do actually like it because it says certain things. It's about expanding how you see the world. I think we live in an age where we're just hammered, hammered to think this is what the… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share
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
