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
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.
fun good jolly thinks work
Only to my wife, ... Everyone else thinks I'm jolly good fun to work with.
book capture design mass maybe none sitting translate work
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?'
school work-out trying
All films are learning processes. I am still trying to work out how you make a movie. I didn't study at film school or any of those things. I didn't bother with film theory.
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.
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.
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!
bad problem
I don't have a problem (with the bad reviews).
hollywood middle mud people
Mud has been my middle name, ... Of course, people in Hollywood would say that about my career.
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.
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.
call experience lifetime
I think a once in a lifetime experience is what we call these things,
bit eric funny keen motivated people shake shock
I was always keen to shock people and shake them up; Eric was a little bit more traditionally motivated in really being just funny all the time.