166 Quotes by Terry Gilliam

I'm trying to escape by forming my own kind of world. Basically, I'm trying to encourage others to do the same.

It's 85 million dollars and they got to be really careful because they are going to need me.

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.

I was an incredible Anglophile. I found people who shared the same sense of humor and attitude toward the world.

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.

If you really want your films to say something that you hope is unique, then patience and stamina, thick skin and a kind of stupidity, a mule-like stupidity, is what you really need.

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.

I can feel my dreams but I can't remember them.

Literally overnight, I became an animator... and one that was well-known.