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Terry Gilliam Quotes: "I've given up asking questions. l merely float on a tsunami of acceptance of anything life throws at me ... and marvel stupidly."

I've given up asking questions. l merely float on a tsunami of acceptance of anything life throws at me ... and marvel stupidly.



Terry Gilliam Quotes: "I just like the fact I can make a film which might give comfort to some people who think they are the only crazy person in the world and suddenly they see there are two crazy people in the world."

I just like the fact I can make a film which might give comfort to some people who think they are the only crazy person in the world and suddenly they see there are two crazy people in the world.




Terry Gilliam Quotes: "I was doing political cartoons and getting angry to the point where I felt I was going to have to start making and throwing bombs. I thought I was probably a better cartoonist than a bomb maker."

I was doing political cartoons and getting angry to the point where I felt I was going to have to start making and throwing bombs. I thought I was probably a better cartoonist than a bomb maker.



Terry Gilliam Quotes: "John Cleese was with a group called Cambridge Circus, who had come to New York, and we became friends. Years later that produced a certain team effort."

John Cleese was with a group called Cambridge Circus, who had come to New York, and we became friends. Years later that produced a certain team effort.




Terry Gilliam Quotes: "I don't think you ever learn just one thing. At some point you start unlearning things. I have been working hard to unlearn everything I know."

I don't think you ever learn just one thing. At some point you start unlearning things. I have been working hard to unlearn everything I know.



Terry Gilliam Quotes: "You get trapped by stories. Though I've got this reputation for being out of control, it's not true, it just happens to be a more interesting story than the truth."

You get trapped by stories. Though I've got this reputation for being out of control, it's not true, it just happens to be a more interesting story than the truth.



Terry Gilliam Quotes: "Literally overnight, I became an animator... and one that was well-known."

Literally overnight, I became an animator... and one that was well-known.




Terry Gilliam Quotes: "I was an incredible Anglophile. I found people who shared the same sense of humor and attitude toward the world."

I was an incredible Anglophile. I found people who shared the same sense of humor and attitude toward the world.



Terry Gilliam Quotes: "Because I dislike being quoted I lie almost constantly when talking about my work."

Because I dislike being quoted I lie almost constantly when talking about my work.



Terry Gilliam Quotes: "I'm trying to escape by forming my own kind of world. Basically, I'm trying to encourage others to do the same."

I'm trying to escape by forming my own kind of world. Basically, I'm trying to encourage others to do the same.



Terry Gilliam Quotes: "I can feel my dreams but I can't remember them."

I can feel my dreams but I can't remember them.



Terry Gilliam Quotes: "If you really want your films to say something that you hope is unique, then patience and stamina, thick skin and a kind of stupidity, a mule-like stupidity, is what you really need."

If you really want your films to say something that you hope is unique, then patience and stamina, thick skin and a kind of stupidity, a mule-like stupidity, is what you really need.




Terry Gilliam Quotes: "I got my head bashed in at a demonstration against the Vietnam War. Police were losing control because they were up against a world they really didn't understand."

I got my head bashed in at a demonstration against the Vietnam War. Police were losing control because they were up against a world they really didn't understand.



Terry Gilliam Quotes: "Whatever I do might be good, it might be bad, it might be all sorts of things, but it's not mediocre."

Whatever I do might be good, it might be bad, it might be all sorts of things, but it's not mediocre.



Terry Gilliam Quotes: "Gorillaz virtually changed my wife...sorry, I mean, life...no, actually, it was my wife."

Gorillaz virtually changed my wife...sorry, I mean, life...no, actually, it was my wife.



Terry Gilliam Quotes: "I'm overwhelmed by writers. Most people aren't impressed by writers, but if you can draw a cartoon or a picture, they think you're magic."

I'm overwhelmed by writers. Most people aren't impressed by writers, but if you can draw a cartoon or a picture, they think you're magic.



Terry Gilliam Quotes: "Hyperbole is something Id better avoid."

Hyperbole is something Id better avoid.



Terry Gilliam Quotes: "I do want to say things in these films. I want audiences to come out with shards stuck in them. I don't care if people love my films or walk out, as long as they have a strong response."

I do want to say things in these films. I want audiences to come out with shards stuck in them. I don't care if people love my films or walk out, as long as they have a strong response.



Terry Gilliam Quotes: "I've always sworn that not having enough money has saved me from mediocrity."

I've always sworn that not having enough money has saved me from mediocrity.



Terry Gilliam Quotes: "All films are learning processes. I am still trying to work out how you make a movie. I didn't study at film school or any of those things. I didn't bother with film theory."

All films are learning processes. I am still trying to work out how you make a movie. I didn't study at film school or any of those things. I didn't bother with film theory.



Terry Gilliam Quotes: "People in Hollywood are not showmen, they're maintenance men, pandering to what they think their audiences want."

People in Hollywood are not showmen, they're maintenance men, pandering to what they think their audiences want.



Terry Gilliam Quotes: "In advertising, I was frustrated by having to deal with the client. It was the only time I really worked in a proper office, and I didn't like it-simple as that."

In advertising, I was frustrated by having to deal with the client. It was the only time I really worked in a proper office, and I didn't like it-simple as that.



Terry Gilliam Quotes: "It's hard for me to worry about the studios losing money. I'm not very sympathetic to their money problems, because they certainly haven't been sympathetic to mine."

It's hard for me to worry about the studios losing money. I'm not very sympathetic to their money problems, because they certainly haven't been sympathetic to mine.



Terry Gilliam Quotes: "I was getting frustrated with America. It's interesting how as simple a thing as, like, letting your hair grow longer changed in the world in those days."

I was getting frustrated with America. It's interesting how as simple a thing as, like, letting your hair grow longer changed in the world in those days.



Terry Gilliam Quotes: "Actually, I began to think that maybe there is a god, after all. Or maybe its a different one. The old one got fired."

Actually, I began to think that maybe there is a god, after all. Or maybe its a different one. The old one got fired.



Terry Gilliam Quotes: "I thought, how do you confuse violent Russian mobsters? Well, by being silly!"

I thought, how do you confuse violent Russian mobsters? Well, by being silly!



Terry Gilliam Quotes: "Once the voices are in your head, it's either make a movie or kill a lot of people."

Once the voices are in your head, it's either make a movie or kill a lot of people.



Terry Gilliam Quotes: "Invariably, what I'm trying to do is more ambitious than the budget, but we manage to do it somehow."

Invariably, what I'm trying to do is more ambitious than the budget, but we manage to do it somehow.



Terry Gilliam Quotes: "I got tired of my taxes paying for exciting little wars around the world. Then I discovered that when I died, my wife would probably have to sell our house to pay for the taxes in America."

I got tired of my taxes paying for exciting little wars around the world. Then I discovered that when I died, my wife would probably have to sell our house to pay for the taxes in America.



Terry Gilliam Quotes: "The English are such a frightened, nervous, insecure group of people - they no longer rule the world!"

The English are such a frightened, nervous, insecure group of people - they no longer rule the world!



Terry Gilliam Quotes: "I wasn't creative or theatrical. I was just doing everything. I was head cheerleader, valedictorian - it was ridiculous!"

I wasn't creative or theatrical. I was just doing everything. I was head cheerleader, valedictorian - it was ridiculous!



Terry Gilliam Quotes: "I think that's the problem with kids now. Everything is manufactured. And then they're sitting there watching the television, where all the work is done for them. Radio made me use my imagination."

I think that's the problem with kids now. Everything is manufactured. And then they're sitting there watching the television, where all the work is done for them. Radio made me use my imagination.



Terry Gilliam Quotes: "The success of the Hollywood marketing machine is to limit what we see. Not just to limit what we can see, but also to limit our expectations - to limit what we want to see."

The success of the Hollywood marketing machine is to limit what we see. Not just to limit what we can see, but also to limit our expectations - to limit what we want to see.



Terry Gilliam Quotes: "The whole point of animation to me is to tell a story, make a joke, express an idea. The technique itself doesn't really matter. Whatever works is the thing to use."

The whole point of animation to me is to tell a story, make a joke, express an idea. The technique itself doesn't really matter. Whatever works is the thing to use.



Terry Gilliam Quotes: "Talent is less important in filmmaking than patience."

Talent is less important in filmmaking than patience.



Terry Gilliam Quotes: "Everybody gets excited about technology, but it doesn't interest me in the least. I'm only interested in it if it makes my job easier or cheaper. They're tools."

Everybody gets excited about technology, but it doesn't interest me in the least. I'm only interested in it if it makes my job easier or cheaper. They're tools.



Terry Gilliam Quotes: "Now, anybody can make a movie, and I don't see that many great movies, because I think there's only a limited amount of talent out there."

Now, anybody can make a movie, and I don't see that many great movies, because I think there's only a limited amount of talent out there.



Terry Gilliam Quotes: "I never define depression, clinical or otherwise. It's the basis of most life, it seems to me, in the modern world. We're all depressed."

I never define depression, clinical or otherwise. It's the basis of most life, it seems to me, in the modern world. We're all depressed.



Terry Gilliam Quotes: "It's the shock of the world if you allow yourself to disconnect from the world and forget it's out there, how noisy it is, how busy it is, how invasive it is."

It's the shock of the world if you allow yourself to disconnect from the world and forget it's out there, how noisy it is, how busy it is, how invasive it is.



Terry Gilliam Quotes: "I hate losing laughs; they're rare things."

I hate losing laughs; they're rare things.



Terry Gilliam Quotes: "I think it's worse for actors, though, because people have to choose you. As a director, I get to choose the actors, but most of the time, actors have to be chosen in order to work."

I think it's worse for actors, though, because people have to choose you. As a director, I get to choose the actors, but most of the time, actors have to be chosen in order to work.



Terry Gilliam Quotes: "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."

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.



Terry Gilliam Quotes: "I'm more prone to anarchy than I am to control - even though I'm a film director."

I'm more prone to anarchy than I am to control - even though I'm a film director.



Terry Gilliam Quotes: "My problem is I'm like a junkie. I want a good movie fix, and I never get that fix."

My problem is I'm like a junkie. I want a good movie fix, and I never get that fix.



Terry Gilliam Quotes: "The more money you have to work with, the more people you have to deal with that you probably don't want to be spending time dealing with."

The more money you have to work with, the more people you have to deal with that you probably don't want to be spending time dealing with.



Terry Gilliam Quotes: "There was a perverse side of me, with things like Van Helsing coming out. I didn't want to go down that route."

There was a perverse side of me, with things like Van Helsing coming out. I didn't want to go down that route.



Terry Gilliam Quotes: "I have always got medicine I want to give to people."

I have always got medicine I want to give to people.



Terry Gilliam Quotes: "I like being a patron of things, I like patronizing things. And if it's not going to be people, I'll patronize a festival."

I like being a patron of things, I like patronizing things. And if it's not going to be people, I'll patronize a festival.



Terry Gilliam Quotes: "Writers do the self-censoring before they even get to the studio executive, because they know the film will not run that gauntlet. They, because they want to get their films made, they censor it."

Writers do the self-censoring before they even get to the studio executive, because they know the film will not run that gauntlet. They, because they want to get their films made, they censor it.