Terry Gilliam Quotes
November 22, 1940
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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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More Terry Gilliam Quotes
It's an abominable place. If there was an Old Testamental God, he would do his job and wipe the place out. The only bad thing is that some really good restaurants would go up as well.
Terry Gilliam— About Hollywood. As quoted in the New York Times article Terry Gilliam's Feel-Good Endings (14 August 2005)
[Steven Spielberg's films] are comforting, they always give you answers and I don't think they're very clever answers. ... The success of most Hollywood films these days is down to fact that they're comforting. They tie things up in nice little bows and give you answers, even if the answers are stupid, you go home and you don't have to think about it. … The great filmmakers make you go home and think about it.
Terry Gilliam— Interview to TCM comparing the work of Steven Spielberg and Stanley Kubrick (2009)
People in Hollywood are not showmen, they're maintenance men, pandering to what they think their audiences want.
Terry Gilliam— IMDB profile
