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
bounce interested next october
We'll be interested to see if there's a bounce back next month, as there was in October 2001 after the 9/11 attacks,
anyone except hurts
It doesn't worry me what anyone says, except when publicity hurts others.
I'd like something that peels potatoes really quickly - that would be wonderful.
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.
course funny history imagine laugh people
The funny thing about history is that we imagine that people didn't laugh in the old days, but of course they did, at stupid things.
considered importance name true
I always considered them true philanthropists in that name recognition was of no importance to them.
derives figure paid site time web
It is a conundrum for us more than for the advertisers because we have to find a way over time to get paid for this information. For a Web site that derives some revenues from ads, it's our problem, and we have to figure out the right model.
load work
To make that work on a varying load is very hard.
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.