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
evening good middle welcome
Hello, good evening and welcome to the middle of the film.
contracted finish radio television
There I was back in American television with all of the restrictions. I managed to finish my contracted animation, but it was radio animation.
happy
I actually think we made it better without succumbing to other people's idea about what would make it better. Everybody's happy now. We're a big happy family.
nightmare speak
It was like a nightmare working with these guys. Here's how I get through this film: the Weinsteins don't exist. I didn't speak to them.
blank draw outside sort studios
In New York, we used to go outside film studios and get reels of blank film, and we used to draw on them, do flipper books, that sort of thing.
view
He just had a different view of the film.
god karl thank
He didn't do anything to become president!, ... Well, thank God for Karl and Dick.
films gap
I'm just being perverse, ... The idea that after such a long gap two films come out in the same year, it makes me smile.
myths time
of numbers, of calculations, where there's very little time for myths and dreaming.
formed grew reading tv
We didn't have TV when I was a kid, ... I grew up reading these stories. For better or worse, they formed my world view.
hyperbole
Hyperbole is something Id better avoid.
good-movie want problem
My problem is I'm like a junkie. I want a good movie fix, and I never get that fix.
well-known wells animator
Literally overnight, I became an animator... and one that was well-known.
bridges likes hollywood
You know the hardest thing to do in Hollywood is burn bridges. There is usually some sucker who still likes me. There is usually some sucker who will still work with me.