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Terry Gilliam quotes: 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.

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.

Terry Gilliam quotes: We suffered for our art. You have to suffer for our art as well!

We suffered for our art. You have to suffer for our art as well!

Terry Gilliam quotes: Literally overnight, I became an animator ... and one that was well-known.

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

Terry Gilliam quotes: Once the voices are in your head, it's either make a movie or kill a lot of people.

Once the voices are in your head, it's either make a movie or kill a lot of people.

Terry Gilliam quotes: It was lights, camera, inaction.

It was lights, camera, inaction.

Terry Gilliam quotes: I never define depression, clinical or otherwise. It's the basis of most life, it seems to me, in the modern world. We're all depressed.

I never define depression, clinical or otherwise. It's the basis of most life, it seems to me, in the modern world. We're all depressed.

Terry Gilliam quotes: Hyperbole is something I'd better avoid.

Hyperbole is something I'd better avoid.

Terry Gilliam quotes: The English are such a frightened, nervous, insecure group of people - they no longer rule the world!

The English are such a frightened, nervous, insecure group of people - they no longer rule the world!

Terry Gilliam quotes: I wasn't creative or theatrical. I was just doing everything. I was head cheerleader, valedictorian - it was ridiculous!

I wasn't creative or theatrical. I was just doing everything. I was head cheerleader, valedictorian - it was ridiculous!

Terry Gilliam quotes: 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.

Terry Gilliam quotes: I'm overwhelmed by writers. Most people aren't impressed by writers, but if you can draw a cartoon or a picture, they think you're magic.

I'm overwhelmed by writers. Most people aren't impressed by writers, but if you can draw a cartoon or a picture, they think you're magic.

Terry Gilliam quotes: Necessity might be the mother of invention, but restriction is the mother of efficiency.

Necessity might be the mother of invention, but restriction is the mother of efficiency.

Terry Gilliam quotes: It's 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.

Terry Gilliam quotes: I can feel my dreams but I can't remember them.

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

Terry Gilliam quotes: Invariably, what I'm trying to do is more ambitious than the budget, but we manage to do it somehow.

Invariably, what I'm trying to do is more ambitious than the budget, but we manage to do it somehow.

Terry Gilliam quotes: The Brothers Grimm came along and I was so desperate for work ... Actually I've got to say that I like the movie, I won't apologize for it.

The Brothers Grimm came along and I was so desperate for work ... Actually I've got to say that I like the movie, I won't apologize for it.

Terry Gilliam quotes: Whatever I do might be good, it might be bad, it might be all sorts of things, but it's not mediocre.

Whatever I do might be good, it might be bad, it might be all sorts of things, but it's not mediocre.

Terry Gilliam quotes: I hate losing laughs; they're rare things.

I hate losing laughs; they're rare things.

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

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

Terry Gilliam quotes: My problem is I'm like a junkie. I want a good movie fix, and I never get that fix.

My problem is I'm like a junkie. I want a good movie fix, and I never get that fix.

Terry Gilliam quotes: Because I dislike being quoted I lie almost constantly when talking about my work.

Because I dislike being quoted I lie almost constantly when talking about my work.

Terry Gilliam quotes: I like being a patron of things, I like patronizing things. And if it's not going to be people, I'll patronize a festival.

I like being a patron of things, I like patronizing things. And if it's not going to be people, I'll patronize a festival.

Terry Gilliam quotes: Because she should be sure in her soul that the most terrifying thing in the forest was her

Because she should be sure in her soul that the most terrifying thing in the forest was her

Terry Gilliam quotes: Help! Help! I'm being repressed!

Help! Help! I'm being repressed!

Terry Gilliam quotes: I've always sworn that not having enough money has saved me from mediocrity.

I've always sworn that not having enough money has saved me from mediocrity.

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

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

Terry Gilliam quotes: I have always got medicine I want to give to people.

I have always got medicine I want to give to people.

Terry Gilliam quotes: 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.

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.

Terry Gilliam quotes: Gorillaz virtually changed my wife ... sorry, I mean, life ... no, actually, it was my wife.

Gorillaz virtually changed my wife ... sorry, I mean, life ... no, actually, it was my wife.

Terry Gilliam quotes: There was a perverse side of me, with things like Van Helsing coming out. I didn't want to go down that route.

There was a perverse side of me, with things like Van Helsing coming out. I didn't want to go down that route.

Terry Gilliam quotes: I thought, how do you confuse violent Russian mobsters? Well, by being silly!

I thought, how do you confuse violent Russian mobsters? Well, by being silly!

Terry Gilliam quotes: Now, anybody can make a movie, and I don't see that many great movies, because I think there's only a limited amount of talent out there.

Now, anybody can make a movie, and I don't see that many great movies, because I think there's only a limited amount of talent out there.

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

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

Terry Gilliam quotes: I don't think you ever learn just one thing. At some point you start unlearning things. I have been working hard to unlearn everything I know.

I don't think you ever learn just one thing. At some point you start unlearning things. I have been working hard to unlearn everything I know.

Terry Gilliam quotes: I'm more prone to anarchy than I am to control - even though I'm a film director.

I'm more prone to anarchy than I am to control - even though I'm a film director.

Terry Gilliam quotes: I've given up asking questions. l merely float on a tsunami of acceptance of anything life throws at me ... and marvel stupidly.

I've given up asking questions. l merely float on a tsunami of acceptance of anything life throws at me ... and marvel stupidly.

Terry Gilliam quotes: Talent is less important in filmmaking than patience.

Talent is less important in filmmaking than patience.