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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.
Terry Gilliam
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Terry Gilliam
Age: 83
Born: 1940
Born: November 22
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Terrence Vance Gilliam
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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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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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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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Actually, I began to think that maybe there is a god, after all. Or maybe its a different one. The old one got fired.
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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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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.
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The forces that run the world always try to keep things under control. The population might be having a wonderful time, buying iPods and going to nice restaurants, but I still feel they're all kind of under control.
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John Cleese was with a group called Cambridge Circus, who had come to New York, and we became friends. Years later that produced a certain team effort.
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I wasn't creative or theatrical. I was just doing everything. I was head cheerleader, valedictorian - it was ridiculous!
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