Invariably, what I'm trying to do is more ambitious than the budget, but we manage to do it somehow. Terry Gilliam More Quotes by Terry Gilliam More Quotes From Terry Gilliam 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 downsizingdifferentthinking Port Talbot is a steel town, where everything is covered with gray iron ore dust. Even the beach is completely littered with dust, it's just black. The sun was setting, and it was quite beautiful. The contrast was extraordinary, I had this image of a guy sitting there on this dingy beach with a portable radio, tuning in these strange Latin escapist songs like 'Brazil.' The music transported him somehow and made his world less gray. Terry Gilliam songbeautifulbeach 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 coming-outsideswant Nobody went to see Tideland! I was hoping people would get angry about it but those that saw it didn't want to talk about it. This is the world we're living in, people don't want to discuss things that are actually worth discussing. Terry Gilliam wantpeopleworld They all sort of get mixed up in my head, to be quite honest. They're all dealing with similar things. It's about how you deal with reality, by ignoring it sometimes, reinventing it other times, and that's how you get through it. Terry Gilliam honestsometimesreality Literally overnight, I became an animator... and one that was well-known. Terry Gilliam animatorwell-knownwells My problem is I'm like a junkie. I want a good movie fix, and I never get that fix. Terry Gilliam good-movieproblemwant When it came to slaughtering sacred cows with such crude yet perfect musical precision, there was no one better than Frank. I wonder what songs he's teaching the angels right now? Good luck God! You've got your hands full this time. Terry Gilliam good-luckteachingsong 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 marketinglimitsexpectations 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 techniquestoriesideas 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 teamnew-yorkyears 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 hollywoodlikesbridges I hate losing laughs; they're rare things. Terry Gilliam hatelosinglaughing The rhythms weren't right, it needed a whole other rewrite. Terry Gilliam entertainment It was lights, camera, inaction. Terry Gilliam cameralightsinaction 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. Terry Gilliam turngroupflyingideas We did Holy Grail, and I got my name up there as one of the directors. After that, I started moving more and more down the line I wanted to, which was making movies. Terry Gilliam namemoviesdownmoving They make Spy Kids, they make Scream, they make A Scary Movie. This doesn't do that, so it could be a very bad marriage. I'm trying to keep this potential nightmare quiet because we're just finishing editing. Terry Gilliam badmarriageeditingquiet People used to think we just faked all that stuff... it was all written, rehearsed. The fact that it looks as cobbled together as it does is just that we weren't very good. Terry Gilliam goodthinktogetherpeople It's been interesting how kids have had hardly any problems watching it, but adults have more trouble. This happened way back even with Jabberwocky and Time Bandits. Terry Gilliam problemsbacktimeway
