Terry Gilliam Quotes

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• They all sort of get mixed up in my head, to be quite honest. They're all dealing with similar things. It's about how you deal…
• Nooo! Leave that to George Lucas, he' s really mastered the CGI acting. That scares me! I hate it! Everybody is so pleased and excited…
• I've given up asking questions. l merely float on a tsunami of acceptance of anything life throws at me ... and marvel stupidly.
• I got my head bashed in at a demonstration against the Vietnam War. Police were losing control because they were up against a world they…
• I was born in 1940 in Minnesota and grew up in the country... dirt roads, swamps, lakes, woods.
• I was doing political cartoons and getting angry to the point where I felt I was going to have to start making and throwing bombs.…
• 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 in…
• In advertising, I was frustrated by having to deal with the client. It was the only time I really worked in a proper office, and…
• 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…
• Because I dislike being quoted I lie almost constantly when talking about my work.
• The whole point of animation to me is to tell a story, make a joke, express an idea. The technique itself doesn't really matter. Whatever…
• You get trapped by stories. Though I've got this reputation for being out of control, it's not true, it just happens to be a more…
• When it came to slaughtering sacred cows with such crude yet perfect musical precision, there was no one better than Frank. I wonder what songs…
• 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 beautiful…
• John Cleese was with a group called Cambridge Circus, who had come to New York, and we became friends. Years later that produced a certain…
• I just like the fact I can make a film which might give comfort to some people who think they are the only crazy person…
• My problem is I'm like a junkie. I want a good movie fix, and I never get that fix.
• Literally overnight, I became an animator... and one that was well-known.
• Hyperbole is something Id better avoid.
• There was a perverse side of me, with things like Van Helsing coming out. I didn't want to go down that route.

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