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Literally overnight, I became an animator... and one that was well-known.
Terry Gilliam
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Terry Gilliam
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: November 22
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Animator
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Film Producer
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Terrence Vance Gilliam
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I'm trying to escape by forming my own kind of world. Basically, I'm trying to encourage others to do the same.
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I've given up asking questions. l merely float on a tsunami of acceptance of anything life throws at me ... and marvel stupidly.
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I've always sworn that not having enough money has saved me from mediocrity.
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I got tired of my taxes paying for exciting little wars around the world. Then I discovered that when I died, my wife would probably have to sell our house to pay for the taxes in America.
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There was a perverse side of me, with things like Van Helsing coming out. I didn't want to go down that route.
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I hate losing laughs they're rare things.
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I got my head bashed in at a demonstration against the Vietnam War. Police were losing control because they were up against a world they really didn't understand.
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The whole point of animation to me is to tell a story, make a joke, express an idea. The technique itself doesn't really matter. Whatever works is the thing to use.
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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.
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I think it's worse for actors, though, because people have to choose you. As a director, I get to choose the actors, but most of the time, actors have to be chosen in order to work.
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In advertising, I was frustrated by having to deal with the client. It was the only time I really worked in a proper office, and I didn't like it-simple as that.
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My problem is I'm like a junkie. I want a good movie fix, and I never get that fix.
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I do want to say things in these films. I want audiences to come out with shards stuck in them. I don't care if people love my films or walk out, as long as they have a strong response.
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Writers do the self-censoring before they even get to the studio executive, because they know the film will not run that gauntlet. They, because they want to get their films made, they censor it.
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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.
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Because I dislike being quoted I lie almost constantly when talking about my work.
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Hyperbole is something Id better avoid.
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I can feel my dreams but I can't remember them.
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It's hard for me to worry about the studios losing money. I'm not very sympathetic to their money problems, because they certainly haven't been sympathetic to mine.
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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.
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