More - 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.

Terry Gilliam

 Comfort

It was a very strange time, ... After having had four projects all collapse on me, by the time 'Grimm' came along, I was jelly.

Terry Gilliam

 Projects

It wasn't like sitting down and saying, 'Let's see if we can design a film that will capture the book, but maybe work for a mass audience,' ... There was none of that. It was 'Can we translate this book into a film?'

Terry Gilliam

 Design

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

Terry Gilliam

 Audiences

That's my backroom project nonstop,

Terry Gilliam

 

I like the fact that my films have always encouraged bad and good reviews. The most depressing thing would be a review that was just mediocre. That would kill me,

Terry Gilliam

 

I hate being dragged into genres. I like movies that are full of a lot of conflicting and interesting things,

Terry Gilliam

 Hate

Yeah, off in the middle distance somewhere,

Terry Gilliam

 

Harry [Shearer], Joel Siegel, and I used to be a little group for awhile, trying to do children's television, because it was the one area that nobody was paying attention to in those days...

Terry Gilliam

 Television

I'm not going to talk about it, ... I won't! It overwhelms any dialogue about the actual movie. Besides, I'm actually contractually obligated not to go into it.

Terry Gilliam