Well, I really want to encourage a kind of fantasy, a kind of magic. I love the term magic realism, whoever invented… — 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
There's something about living in the country that I think makes you inventive, because nature is full of miracles and wonder and… — 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
I think there's a side of me that's trying to compete with Lucas and Spielberg - I don't usually admit this publicly… — 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
If you really want your films to say something that you hope is unique, then patience and stamina, thick skin and a… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
The success of the Hollywood marketing machine is to limit what we see. Not just to limit what we can see, but… — 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
There was a perverse side of me, with things like Van Helsing coming out. I didn't want to go down that route. — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
Writers do the self-censoring before they even get to the studio executive, because they know the film will not run that gauntlet.… — 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
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
