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 More Quotes by Terry Gilliam More Quotes From Terry Gilliam There are moments when television systems are young and haven't formed properly, and there's room for lots of original stuff. Then things become more and more top-heavy with executives who are trying to guarantee the success of things. Terry Gilliam guarantees trying television 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 downsizing different thinking 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 song beautiful beach 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-out sides want 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 want people world 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 honest sometimes reality Literally overnight, I became an animator... and one that was well-known. Terry Gilliam animator well-known wells My problem is I'm like a junkie. I want a good movie fix, and I never get that fix. Terry Gilliam good-movie problem want 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-luck teaching song 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 marketing limits expectations 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 technique stories ideas 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 team new-york years 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 hollywood likes bridges I hate losing laughs; they're rare things. Terry Gilliam hate losing laughing The rhythms weren't right, it needed a whole other rewrite. Terry Gilliam entertainment It was lights, camera, inaction. Terry Gilliam camera lights inaction 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 name movies down moving 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 bad marriage editing quiet 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 good think together people 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 problems back time way
