Terry Gilliam
Terry Gilliam
Terrence Vance "Terry" Gilliam is an American-born British screenwriter, film director, animator, actor, comedian and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth22 November 1940
CityMinneapolis, MN
CountryUnited States of America
achieve believe both built forest people realistic stayed time
At the time I was frustrated, but it was the right decision, ... We wouldn't have been able to achieve what we did if we'd stayed on location. The forest was both realistic and believable, and also magical. People can't believe that we actually built all that, but we did.
came collapse four projects strange time
It was a very strange time, ... After having had four projects all collapse on me, by the time 'Grimm' came along, I was jelly.
music seem time videos
The only time you get to see something interesting occasionally is music videos but even they've become boring, they seem more and more the same.
happened hardly kids time watching
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.
myths time
of numbers, of calculations, where there's very little time for myths and dreaming.
basic dividing element line smart time
The musical, Hair, was at the time very smart because it got to that basic element of this dividing line in society... which was hair.
people want spending-time
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.
formed grew reading tv
We didn't have TV when I was a kid, ... I grew up reading these stories. For better or worse, they formed my world view.
cut expensive scene
We cut out the most expensive scene in the film!
bitter business complete conspires might side thick toughness tried twisted
Everything in this business conspires to make you bitter and twisted and tough, ... I've always tried to keep a toughness on one side and complete vulnerability on the other. To me, if you get a thick skin, you might as well give up directing.
built magic needed organic original people premise quite script towards wonder work worked
We did a lot of work because the original script, ... The premise was really interesting but the script needed magic. It needed real fairytale, it needed a real sense of the wonder of that world, and working with Lance and people was, we worked our way towards this thing. It was quite organic really, we built this film.
beginning wonder
I was beginning to wonder if I was ever going to make a movie again,
along chris drive driving guy harry hours leaving perfect remember versions
I was the perfect guy to do Harry Potter. I remember leaving the meeting, getting in my car, and driving for about two hours along Mulholland Drive just so angry. I mean, Chris Columbus' versions are terrible. Just dull. Pedestrian.
obviously
Frankly, it's better than we could do at the time. The text? Obviously inferior! The actors? Better than we were,