Facts about Terry Gilliam

Occup.Director
FromUSA
BornNovember 22, 1940
Age83 years

Summary

Terry Gilliam is a famous Director from USA, he/she is 83 years old and still alive, born November 22, 1940.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac sagittarius, who is known for Philosophical, Motion, Experimentation, Optimism. Our collection contains 21 quotes who is written / told by Terry.

Related authors: Graham Chapman (Comedian)

21 Famous quotes by Terry Gilliam

Small: In advertising, I was frustrated by having to deal with the client. It was the only time I really worke
"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"
Small: I was doing political cartoons and getting angry to the point where I felt I was going to have to start
"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"
Small: Literally overnight, I became an animator... and one that was well-known
"Literally overnight, I became an animator... and one that was well-known"
Small: Its been interesting how kids have had hardly any problems watching it, but adults have more trouble.
"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"
Small: I was getting frustrated with America. Its interesting how as simple a thing as, like, letting your hai
"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"
Small: People used to think we just faked all that stuff... it was all written, rehearsed. The fact that it lo
"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"
Small: They make Spy Kids, they make Scream, they make A Scary Movie. This doesnt do that, so it could be a ve
"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"
Small: There was a perverse side of me, with things like Van Helsing coming out. I didnt want to go down that
"There was a perverse side of me, with things like Van Helsing coming out. I didn't want to go down that route"
Small: I was born in 1940 in Minnesota and grew up in the country... dirt roads, swamps, lakes, woods
"I was born in 1940 in Minnesota and grew up in the country... dirt roads, swamps, lakes, woods"
Small: I keep referring to them in the plural but all Im dealing with is Bob. I dont know where Harvey fits in
"I keep referring to them in the plural but all I'm dealing with is Bob. I don't know where Harvey fits in the equation. He was very present at the beginning, winding his brother up. I don't know where he is now"
Small: Hyperbole is something Id better avoid
"Hyperbole is something I'd better avoid"
Small: We took up the offer with the BBC, and that was Monty Pythons Flying Circus. I didnt have to submit my
"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"
Small: We did Holy Grail, and I got my name up there as one of the directors. After that, I started moving mor
"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"
Small: At the first screening, there were a lot of areas that we went around and around about. Then we had our
"At the first screening, there were a lot of areas that we went around and around about. Then we had our second screening. It played better. It's almost a reasonable length film now!"
Small: There are moments when television systems are young and havent formed properly, and theres room for lot
"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"
Small: It was lights, camera, inaction
"It was lights, camera, inaction"
Small: You get trapped by stories. Though Ive got this reputation for being out of control, its not true, it j
"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"
Small: John Cleese was with a group called Cambridge Circus, who had come to New York, and we became friends.
"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"
Small: Its 85 million dollars and they got to be really careful because they are going to need me
"It's 85 million dollars and they got to be really careful because they are going to need me"
Small: I got my head bashed in at a demonstration against the Vietnam War. Police were losing control because
"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"
Small: Actually, I began to think that maybe there is a god, after all. Or maybe its a different one. The old
"Actually, I began to think that maybe there is a god, after all. Or maybe it's a different one. The old one got fired"