Terry Gilliam
Terry Gilliam
Terrence Vance "Terry" Gilliam is an American-born British screenwriter, film director, animator, actor, comedian and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth22 November 1940
CityMinneapolis, MN
CountryUnited States of America
beginning wonder
I was beginning to wonder if I was ever going to make a movie again,
basic dividing element line smart time
The musical, Hair, was at the time very smart because it got to that basic element of this dividing line in society... which was hair.
guy heath public rough
Heath is not a public kind of guy and this has been rough for him to be in this non-stop now.
battle compromise ego good happens might normally production situations
It often happens with films. You get to the end of production and you find that the film I was making is not necessarily the film that the financiers thought they were getting. What I find normally happens in those situations is that they find a compromise which isn't particularly good for the film, or you get into a head-to-head ego battle which, again, might not be good for the film.
book capture design mass maybe none sitting translate work
It wasn't like sitting down and saying, 'Let's see if we can design a film that will capture the book, but maybe work for a mass audience,' ... There was none of that. It was 'Can we translate this book into a film?'
bitter business complete conspires might side thick toughness tried twisted
Everything in this business conspires to make you bitter and twisted and tough, ... I've always tried to keep a toughness on one side and complete vulnerability on the other. To me, if you get a thick skin, you might as well give up directing.
came collapse four projects strange time
It was a very strange time, ... After having had four projects all collapse on me, by the time 'Grimm' came along, I was jelly.
bad depressing encouraged fact films good review
I like the fact that my films have always encouraged bad and good reviews. The most depressing thing would be a review that was just mediocre. That would kill me,
hollywood middle mud people
Mud has been my middle name, ... Of course, people in Hollywood would say that about my career.
bad problem
I don't have a problem (with the bad reviews).
actual dialogue obligated overwhelms talk
I'm not going to talk about it, ... I won't! It overwhelms any dialogue about the actual movie. Besides, I'm actually contractually obligated not to go into it.
broken career
I read the reviews, my career is over. I'm a broken man. Crushed. Smashed.
obviously
Frankly, it's better than we could do at the time. The text? Obviously inferior! The actors? Better than we were,
agony guy heath jay oprah public rough
Heath is not a public kind of guy and this has been rough for him. He has had to go on Oprah Winfrey and Jay Leno. This is just agony for him.