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
built magic needed organic original people premise quite script towards wonder work worked
We did a lot of work because the original script, ... The premise was really interesting but the script needed magic. It needed real fairytale, it needed a real sense of the wonder of that world, and working with Lance and people was, we worked our way towards this thing. It was quite organic really, we built this film.
call experience lifetime
I think a once in a lifetime experience is what we call these things,
along chris drive driving guy harry hours leaving perfect remember versions
I was the perfect guy to do Harry Potter. I remember leaving the meeting, getting in my car, and driving for about two hours along Mulholland Drive just so angry. I mean, Chris Columbus' versions are terrible. Just dull. Pedestrian.
days offer recorded submit took turn
We took up the offer with the BBC, and that was Monty Python's Flying Circus. I didn't have to submit my ideas to the group. I used to turn up on the days we recorded with a can of film under my arm, and in it went.
anybody changing few mind shooting start whether
Whether I like it or not, or whether anybody else does, when I start a film I have a few ideas. And as you're getting into it, you think, 'Ooh, there's another idea,' and you're shooting some more and, 'Oh, here's another thing. Let's do that.' I'm always changing and adding. That's just the way my mind works.
fight
Usually I have my big fight at the end of a film,
evening good middle welcome
Hello, good evening and welcome to the middle of the film.
dragged full hate movies
I hate being dragged into genres. I like movies that are full of a lot of conflicting and interesting things,
bad problem
I don't have a problem (with the bad reviews).
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.
god karl thank
He didn't do anything to become president!, ... Well, thank God for Karl and Dick.
view
He just had a different view of the film.
obviously
Frankly, it's better than we could do at the time. The text? Obviously inferior! The actors? Better than we were,
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.