Terry Jones
Terry Jones
Terence Graham Parry "Terry" Jonesis a Welsh comedian, screenwriter, actor, film director, historian and author. He is best known as a member of the Monty Python comedy troupe...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth1 February 1942
CityColwyn Bay, Wales
cruelty england fair medieval
We think of medieval England as being a place of unbelievable cruelty and darkness and superstition. We think of it as all being about fair maidens in castles, and witch-burning, and a belief that the world was flat. Yet all these things are wrong.
cheerfully life
I'm cheerfully optimistic about life. Optimism is very important!
good potato
I'm a good cook; one of my specialities is reindeer and potato pie.
children love people
I don't think people who have children are acting selfishly or unselfishly. Having a child who'll be loved, to parents who love each other, is the important thing.
amateur dramatic society spot
I've got a soft spot for Theatr Colwyn because my granddad used to run the Colwyn amateur dramatic society in the 1930s.
bay earliest north spent wales
I spent my earliest years in Colwyn Bay in north Wales with my mother and grandmother, while my father was stationed with the RAF in India.
I'd always thought that if Python was going to go on at all, it'd be nice to get into storylines.
direct
I've been very lucky to have been able to act, write and direct and not have to choose just the one thing.
anyone except hurts
It doesn't worry me what anyone says, except when publicity hurts others.
You know, I've never thought of myself as a comedian.
age british-comedian history ourselves relevant sort spin stories values
Every age sort of has its own history. History is really the stories that we retell to ourselves to make them relevant to every age. So we put our own values and our own spin on it.
christian years imitation
It took 200 years for the Crusaders to create [this] Muslim fanaticism. It was the exact imitation of Christian intolerance.
today
We will definitely not burn the Koran, no. Not today, not ever.
meaningful terrorism mockery
Saying We will destroy terrorism is about as meaningful as saying: We shall annihilate mockery.