Terry Gilliam Net Worth

Terry Gilliam Net Worth is
$50 Million

Terry Gilliam Biography

Who’s Terry Gilliam: Terence Vance “Terry” Gilliam can be an American-born Uk screenwriter, film director, animator, actor, comedian and person in the Monty Python humor troupe. He’s best known to be an associate of the Monty Python humor troupe. There he demonstrated himself as an excellent student and was actually the course president. The titles of his kids are Amy Rainbow Holly Dubois Gilliam, Harry Thunder Gilliam and Gilliam. magazine, where he was an associate editor. Interesting Information: Terry Gilliam can be an American-born British screenwriter, film director, animator and actor who includes a net well worth of $40 million. He offers earned his net well worth from his skilled directing of several major movies. He worked for quite some time as an effective animator, prior to making a name for himself as the calm sixth person in the famed humor troupe, Monty Python, and eventually getting an acclaimed but frequently embattled feature director. He’s still alive and provides maintained great wellness. Terry became a British nationwide in 1968, and formally renounced his American citizenship in 2006. The few are now located in Umbria, northern Italy. Accomplishment: Terry was an actor, animator, film director who provides earned many awards and was nominated. He provides wonLAFCA Award, Leopard of Honor, Honorary Award, Empire Award, Capri Legend Award. $40 Million: Terrence Vance ‘Terry’ Gilliam (/ˈɡɪliəm/; born 22 November 1940) can be an American-born British screenwriter, film director, animator, actor, comedian and person in the Monty Python humor troupe. Discussing his impact in social media sites such as for example Twitter and Instagram, he’s active in Twitter however, not in Instagram. The just ‘Python’ not really born in Britain, he became a naturalised British citizen in 1968 and formally renounced his American citizenship in 2006. Gilliam has been wedded to British make-up and outfit developer Maggie Weston since 1973. She done Monty Python’s Flying Circus, most of the Python films, and Gilliam’s films up to The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. They have got three kids, Amy Rainbow Gilliam (born 1978), Holly Dubois Gilliam (born in October 1980), and Harry Thunder Gilliam (born on 3 April 1988), who’ve also made an appearance in and/or done several of Gilliam’s movies.In 1968, Gilliam obtained British citizenship, then kept dual American and British citizenship for another 38 years. He includes a total of three kids plus they complete his family members. magazine (employment that launched him to English comedian John Cleese, who was simply in NYC posing for a comic photo-strip in the magazine); It 1st started with THE PERSON Who Killed Don Quixote (2009), that was suffering from disaster and injury right away, resulting in a nine-12 months hiatus before time for production, as the Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2010) saw the unpredicted death of celebrity Heath Ledger early in 2008.V. American-born British screenwriter, film director, animator and actor, Terrence Vance ‘Terry’ Gilliam comes with an estimated net well worth of $40 million. Due to renouncing his citizenship, Gilliam is permitted to invest 29 days each year in the usa, less than ordinary British residents. Gilliam maintains a home in Italy close to the Umbria-Tuscany border. He offers been instrumental in establishing the annual Umbria Film Event, held in the close by hill city of Montone. Discussing his personal existence, it really is quite as total as him and his profession. Golf club, he also indicated that it had been linked to concerns about long term taxes liability for his wife and kids. He was created in a location called Minneapolis, which is based on Minnesota of United states. Early Existence (Childhood): When Terry Gilliam was 12 years aged boy, his family members moved to reside in LA where Gilliam graduated from Birmingham SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. He’s devoid of any extra marital affair or dating other people at this time. Within an interview with Der Tagesspiegel, he described the actions as a protest against then-President George W. then emigrated to England in 1967. He in addition has worked for a gaming known as The Unfinished Swan.K., he began focusing on USUALLY DO NOT Adjust Your Arranged, a popular children’s Television show, developing his eccentric animated cartoons, which placed into movement a hodgepodge of pictures, including photos, cutouts from publications, and famous artwork. Gilliam’s contributions to the display were geared even more toward adults, as his surrealistic stream-of-awareness segments, drenched in dark humor, had been beyond the grasp of all kids. Terry Gilliam net worthy of: Terry Gilliam can be an American-born British screenwriter, film director, animator and actor who includes a net worthy of of $50 million. Terry Gilliam has gained his net worthy of from his skilled directing of several major movies. Terry Gilliam proved helpful for quite some time as an effective animator, prior to making a name for himself as the calm sixth person in the famed humor troupe, Monty Python, and eventually getting an acclaimed but frequently embattled feature director. Despite the fact that as a Python he performed only small functions that the various other five troupe people refused to play, Gilliam was the person behind the infamous cut-out computer animation that was found in the starting credits and as a segue between skits on the strike British Television series Monty Python’s Flying Circus (BBC, 1969-1974). Other of his significant productions will be the Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), The Fisher King (1991), 12 Monkeys (1995), Dread and Loathing in NEVADA (1998). Once he co-directed the troupe’s initial official feature, Monty Python and the ULTIMATE GOAL (1975), Gilliam produced his own method creating surrealist movies like Jabberwocky (1976), Period Bandits (1981) and the acclaimed comedic dystopia, Brazil (1985).75 meters. Furthermore, he also proceeded to go head-to-mind with fate itself. Bush, and within an previously interview with The A. Whatever the unforeseen, insurmountable happenings, Gilliam continued treading forwards in his profession making one of the most imaginative movies on both big and the tiny screen. He’s currently a legend and his function is absolutely sublime. He’s none apart from Terry Gilliam. He was created in the entire year 1940 on 22nd of November which makes his age 74 at the moment. At this age group, there is nothing at all he has not attained as a screenwriter plus he in addition has been an effective singer as well. He’s a lot more than that as he’s also an actor and comedian aswell. 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Personal Existence: Terry Gilliam offers been wedded to Maggie Weston – who spent some time working on costume style for most of his movies – since 1973, plus they have three kids, Amy Rainbow Gilliam (born 1978), Holly Dubois Gilliam (born in October 1980), and Harry Thunder Gilliam.Gilliam has directed 12 feature films, including Period Bandits (1981), Brazil (1985), The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), The Fisher King (1991), 12 Monkeys (1995), Dread and Loathing in NEVADA (1998), The Brothers Grimm (2005) and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009). He includes a very warm 143 thousand fans in Twitter which proves how well-known he has been around the site. He has recently tweeted in the website more than 470 occasions which proves how included he has been around the website. However, he has just added 5 photos and video clips in his profile. Discussing his physical appearance, he’s a tall guy as he includes a good elevation of 5 feet 9 ins, which is just about 1. Despite the fact that his genuine functions translated well on the display, Gilliam often experienced misunderstandings and led fevered battles with studio executives behind the moments. He still works just like a young guy and this inspires many people. Gilliam also resides in North London. He’s not really gay at all as he’s married to a female. As the few is going as solid with their romantic relationship as couple, there are minimal likelihood of a divorce that occurs within their lives. He wedded Maggie Weston in the entire year 1973 and till today their romantic relationship as couple is going quite strong. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on November 22, 1940, Gilliam was briefly utilized as an associate editor for Help! This does mean he doesn’t have a girlfriend at the moment. In January 2006 he renounced his American citizenship. Terry caused Help! His first kid was born in the entire year 1978 and second and third in the entire year 1980 and 1988 respectively. A few of the TV shows and films he spent some time working in and proved helpful for include wants of Brazil in the entire year 1985, The Zero Theorem in the entire year 2013, Tideland in the entire year 2005, 12 Monkeys in the entire year 1995 and Period Bandits in the entire year 1981. Immediately after gilliam found its way to the U.

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Quick Facts

Full Name	Terry Gilliam
Net Worth	$50 Million
Date Of Birth	November 22, 1940
Height	1.75 m
Profession	Screenwriter, Comedian, Film producer, Film director, Actor, Animator
Education	Birmingham High School, Occidental College
Nationality	British
Spouse	Maggie Weston
Children	Amy Gilliam, Harry Gilliam, Holly Gilliam
Parents	James Hall Gilliam, Beatrice Vance
Facebook	http://www.facebook.com/Terry.Gilliam
Twitter	http://www.twitter.com/terrygilliam
Awards	BAFTA Fellowship, European Film Award for Best Short Film, Silver Lion for Best Director, Leopard of Honour, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Director, ADG's Outstanding Contribution to Cinematic Imagery Award, British Academy Television Award - General Category
Music Groups	Monty Python
Nominations	Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Golden Lion, Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture, Grand Jury Prize, Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, BAFTA Award for Best Short Film, Satellite Award for Best Art Direction and Production Design, Satellite Award for Best Original Song, National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay, Special Jury Prize
Movies	12 Monkeys, Brazil, Time Bandits, The Fisher King, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Zero Theorem, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, The Brothers Grimm, Tideland, Jabberwocky, Monty Python's Life of Brian, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, And Now for Something Completely Different, The Wholly Family, The Crimson Permanent Assurance, A Liar's Autobiography - The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman, Jupiter Ascending, Storytime, Miracle of Flight, The Legend of Hallowdega, Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl, Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy), Absolutely Anything, Spies Like Us, The Monster of Nix, 9 Month Stretch, Pleasure at Her Majesty's, Monty Python Live (Mostly), Before the Flying Circus
TV Shows	Do Not Adjust Your Set, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Parrot Sketch Not Included – 20 Years of Monty Python, Python Night – 30 Years of Monty Python, Monty Python's Personal Best, Monty Python Live (Mostly), Monty Python Live at Aspen, We Have Ways of Making You Laugh, HypaSpace, The Last Machine, Breakfast with Hunter



Interesting Facts

#	Fact
1	Retrospective at the 11th New Horizons Film Festival (2011).
2	He was approached soon after the release of Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) to make a movie involving Beatles songs called 'All This and World War 3', but he turned it down and pitched Jabberwocky (1977) instead.
3	According to his memoir, Terry Jones actually wanted Gilliam to co-direct Life of Brian (1979) but he wasn't interested after facing some tension with the Monty Python group (apparently they wouldn't take his directions as seriously as actors he worked with after, and said he got a different experience on Jabberwocky (1977)), so he was brought on as production designer instead.
4	Contributed animations and sketches to Do Not Adjust Your Set (1967); he did one of David Jason's head on a pig's body.
5	Was J.K. Rowling's first choice to direct the "Harry Potter" films.
6	As a result of renouncing his American citizenship, he is only permitted to spend 29 days a year in the United States, considerably less than the average U.K. Citizen.
7	As of 2010, has directed three actors in Oscar-nominated roles; Brad Pitt (Twelve Monkeys (1995)), Robin Williams, and Mercedes Ruehl (The Fisher King (1991)). Ruehl won her Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
8	Four of his films are in the Criterion Collection - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), The Fisher King (1991), Brazil (1985), and Time Bandits (1981).
9	Member of the comedy group "Monty Python" along with John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle and Graham Chapman. Gilliam also created the animations.
10	Is a fan of science fiction author Philip K. Dick.
11	Was offered the chance to direct Troy (2004). He stopped reading the script 5 pages in and declined the offer.
12	Gave up his US citizenship in January 2006. [source: Haaretz interview, Feb. 2006].
13	He and John Cleese are the only members of 'Monty Python' to be nominated for Oscars. Coincidentally, they were both for Best Original Screenplay, Gilliam for Brazil (1985) and Cleese for A Fish Called Wanda (1988). Both screenplays did not win their Oscars, and both films featured Michael Palin.
14	The Fisher King (1991) was the first film that he directed in which he was not involved in writing the screenplay.
15	Born in Minnesota, he is the only non-British member of the Monty Python comedy troupe
16	He did not originally intend to cast Sean Connery as King Agamemnon in Time Bandits (1981), he merely wrote in the screenplay that when Agamemnon took off his helmet that he looked "exactly like Sean Connery." To Gilliam's surprise, the script found its way into Connery's hands and Connery subsequently expressed interest in doing the film.
17	Raised in Los Angeles.
18	Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2001.
19	Also turned down directing Braveheart (1995), when briefly solicited by Mel Gibson to direct an abandoned film version of Charles Dickens's "A Tale of Two Cities".
20	Directed a series of TV ads for Nike in 2001. They were part of The Scorpion Knockout Campaign, which featured some of the best soccer players on the globe. That campaign went to win a Cannes award in 2002, in the category of Best TV Campaign.
21	Was slated to direct an adaptation of the novel "Good Omens" by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. The project languished in development for three years before finally being abandoned.
22	Has been off and on to write and direct a movie adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons's graphic novel "Watchmen." Gilliam has said he attempted to write an accurate screenplay but it would be unfilmable, but he would consider directing it if it were made into 10 or 12-part cable television series.
23	Turned down the opportunity to direct Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Enemy Mine (1985), and Forrest Gump (1994) and Alien: Resurrection (1997).
24	J.K. Rowling, creator of the "Harry Potter" book series, originally wanted Gilliam to direct Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001), but Warner Brothers studios wanted a more family friendly film and eventually settled for Chris Columbus.
25	Father of Amy Gilliam (aka Amy Rainbow Gilliam), Holly Gilliam (aka Holly DuBois Gilliam) and Harry Gilliam (aka Harry Thunder Gilliam).
26	Has taken British citizenship.
27	During the filming of Brazil (1985) he became so stressed that he temporarily lost the use of his legs, which only returned to normal several weeks later.
28	He started to direct "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote" in 2001 (in Spain) with Johnny Depp, Vanessa Paradis and Jean Rochefort but the shooting was unfortunately stopped a couple of days after it started because of numerous factors including storms, lack of financing, and Jean Rochefort's health problems (he couldn't ride a horse any more). There is a documentary based on the struggle in production entitled "lost in la mancha".
29	Founding editor of and principal contributor to campus humor magazine, "Fang", at Occidental College in Los Angeles, CA in the early 1960s.



Trademarks

#	Trademark
1	Frequently casts Jonathan Pryce, Katherine Helmond, Michael Palin, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Robin Williams, Johnny Depp, Jeff Bridges, Christopher Plummer, Peter Stormare and Tom Waits.
2	Dutch tilt shots
3	[Television monitors] They were in Brazil (1985), Twelve Monkeys (1995), The Fisher King (1991), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) and Time Bandits (1981).
4	Heavy use of wide angle lenses
5	Often begins and ends his films with the same shot
6	Often features people/animals bursting through walls or ceilings
7	Heroes in his films often dream of a woman who they have not yet met, but will meet during the course of the film. In the dream, the woman's face is obscured.
8	Was first known for the bizarre animation sequences in Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969) using cutout pictures and photographs.



Quotes

#	Quote
1	Missing out on what turned out to be a famously disastrous opening ceremony [for the original Disneyland in 1955] ... was about the closest I ever came to real childhood trauma. That's what kills me; I've always wanted the scars, but I just don't have them. In fact, that's probably why I had to go into film-making - to acquire the deep emotional and spiritual wounds which my shockingly happy childhood had so callously denied me.
2	This argument that we should be quiet and let them mutilate our work, that they're doing us a favor somehow, is what gets this angry Pavlovian response out of me. You get this same thing over and over. Every film we do, they say 'It's too British, it won't work.' If they hadn't been so consistently WRONG and we so consistently RIGHT, I wouldn't be so arrogant in my attitude.
3	I had a scholarship to Occidental College, which is heavily funded by the Presbyterian Church.... I was head of the youth group at the local church, I would go to summer camps and my best friends were the minister's sons. But, in the end, I couldn't stand the fact that nobody felt able to laugh at God. Hold on a minute, I said, what kind of God is this that can't take my feeble jokes? It was the sanctimoniousness and, ultimately, the narrow-mindedness of people who were protecting this deity that I never thought needed any protection. Their God was a much smaller God than I was thinking of - less powerful - and he needed them to protect him. I just got fed up with it because I thought: this is getting dull now and there's a whole world out there that's been off limits. That was when I was about seventeen.
4	Necessity might be the mother of invention, but restriction is the mother of efficiency.
5	[tweeted when Variety accidentally published his obituary] I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING DEAD, especially to those who have already bought tickets to my upcoming talks.
6	[on Robin Williams] When the gods gift you with the type of talent Robin had, there's a price to pay, there always is - it doesn't come from nothing, It comes from... probably deep problems inside, a concern, all sorts of fears, and yet he could always channel those things and turn them into something gold. I think that just comes with the territory, frankly.
7	[on voting as a member of AMPAS] I just vote for my friends, or do it whimsically, or out of spite in some cases.
8	[on filmmaking]: So we create a world that isn't true to a realistic naturalistic world, but is truthful.
9	[on current Hollywood blockbuster movies] You just sit there and watch the explosions. I couldn't tell you what the movie was about. The movie hammers the audience into submission. They are influenced by video games, but in video games at least you are immersed; in these movies you are left out. In films, there's so much overt fantasy now that I don't watch a lot because everything is possible now. There's no tension there. People can slide down the side of a building that's falling and they don't get ripped to shreds? The shots are amazing, but if there is no consequence, no gravity, what's the point? I can't watch Hollywood movies anymore. There's no room for me.
10	My life is about waiting for money. My life isn't about filmmaking -- that's not what I do. It feels incidental to what I do, which is hunt for the money, cast movies and re-cast them and try to get projects going or stop them from falling apart. I spend my whole time repressing everything inside of me until I get the money to work, and then I just go. I'm on autopilot until I get the chance to go on a set.
11	Cinemoi is the most important television channel in Britain.
12	(on Jeff Bridges) If it were up to me, I would cast Jeff in every movie I make. He is that good, such a joy to work with too. He has a large fan base as well, but these guys are real cult-fans, they are dedicated, but they don't run around screaming at premieres for "more Jeff Bridges!". The studios, they don't get this. They don't think he's bankable at all, but he is. It's frustrating, I think, but so very typical.
13	(on finishing The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2011)): If you're going to play with Quixote you really got to play with Quixote. And those were windmills that came along. Those were giants, they killed us once but we're going to come back. Everybody says 'Oh, forget about it, put it in the past. Move on.' No, I won't because that all sounds so reasonable and I don't think films should be reasonable. The business we're in is about exciting people, stimulating people, doing things, changing them, outraging them -- it's not a reasonable business. Especially when you're spending the gross national product of a country to make a silly movie -- this is not reasonable.
14	For me, the only reason to try and make my films successful is that it will be more likely that I'll get the next project off the ground.
15	I thought this one would be a piece of cake, to get 25 million with Heath Ledger on board (for 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus'). You would think that there's intelligent life in Hollywood. But then you discover that there's just fear. People are frightened of making decisions or even having - I hate to use the word "vision", but they lack all of that. Hollywood is run by Goldman Sachs and not by entrepreneurs or studio people. It's the bankers who look at the numbers, and Tideland, my previous film, made very little money, and Heath did even worse with a film called Candy. And that's what they look at. Somehow the whole place has been taken over by middle management, like the rest of the Western world. And bureaucracy has settled in very comfortably.
16	It depends who you talk to. If you talk to people who have worked with me, they'll say, he's the right guy to work with, he knows what he's doing, responsible... If you talk to Hollywood, they think catastrophes, disasters - he's a magnet for trouble.' If it's easy, I don't do it; if it's almost impossible, I'll have a go. -- on what others in the business say of him
17	The first subversive thing I did was in junior high school, when I was "head of ground patrol" - in other words the local cop. There was a long corridor, and someone was running down it. I was talking to my friend and it was one of those moments, I just put my foot out and he tripped and went flying. I don't know why I did it. I think I didn't like the guy. There was something about the way he was running - I thought, what an asshole.
18	I find that what I do is reactive, so if I'm living in London I'm angry most of the time about the state of the world. When I go to Italy I get all blissful. I've never done any creative work there except building stone walls. I just wander around looking at birds and leaves. It's peace. -- on his house in Italy
19	I've always liked gossip, gossip is fun, but whether you believe it or not is something else, and yet the web seems to want to believe. The web doesn't distinguish between what's playful and serious. And the speed! What is happening in the web, and all the tweeters tweeting, they become neurons. They are the neurons of the global village. Village is the right word because the village is where the gossip is taking place, it doesn't take place in the cities. A piece of information comes into that little neuron - whoop - and they've immediately got to pass it across the synaptic gap... a big leap into the next neuron... - [he makes a rocket sound] - Whoosh! And off it goes! Off it goes into the next neuron. We're watching the brain in action, worldwide. The brain is a very simple thing, and the web is the neural structure of our brains, I'm convinced of it. ... See, Hollywood was always like that. Agents have to be available 24 hours a day, because they are the neurons of the system and whatever information hits them, they're off to the next one with that information, there's no secrets in Hollywood... -- on the advancement of gossip on the web
20	I won't be getting an Academy Award - I'll predict that - ever. And somehow, my life will be no less for that!
21	On his conflict with Universal over Brazil (1985): The first thing was that they wanted a happy ending. Then they decided that the theme of the film was 'love conquers all'. So they started cutting out all the fantasy stuff. It's one thing to argue about whether you need that scene or whether it can be a bit shorter. It's another to say, 'Let's tell a different story'. And at that point I said, 'Whoa, it's time to go to war'. The [Hollywood] studio's mentality is that Americans are stupid. They try to lower the standard as much as they can to reach what they think is this great dumb audience. And I have always resisted that and wanted to believe in the audience's intelligence. But if you keep feeding people baby food for long enough they begin to like it.
22	The reason why I don't watch as many as I used to is that I'm not surprised any more. I loved movies because they opened up doors into worlds I never imagined. It seldom happens now.
23	Nobody went to see Tideland (2005)! I was hoping people would get angry about it but those that saw it didn't want to talk about it. This is the world we're living in, people don't want to discuss things that are actually worth discussing.
24	While filming The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009): We were devastated. We spent the whole day - Amy Gilliam, Nicola Pecorini, the director of photography, and myself - lying flat on the floor. Heath Ledger's dead, and you don't quite get over that. I suppose I'm in an interesting position because while I'm cutting the film I'm basically working with him every day and he's fine; he's in good shape. Ideas are floating around. Then finally we decided, 'OK, let's get three other people to take over the part'. And we were lucky because we have a magic mirror in this movie. Not every movie has a magic mirror. So you can very genuinely say that these other actors are different aspects of the character that Heath plays. And it works. The point was, we've got to keep going. It was a bit like half being there, but apparently on autopilot I can still do a few things.
25	In the end, people have to learn to live together. That is what I didn't like about America - it is so homogeneous. I like places where there are people who are different culturally, physically, in every way. And I like to see how they succeed in living together.
26	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.
27	The more successful I get, the more the onus of having to get it right wants to settle on my shoulders alone, but I just hate that, I freeze up. I want everyone to share my responsibility, the guilt, and I'll shoulder the blame, because that's my job in the end.
28	I think there's a side of me that's trying to compete with Lucas and Spielberg - I don't usually admit this publicly - because I tend to think that they only go so far, and their view of the world is rather simplistic. What I want to do is take whatever cinema is considered normal or successful at a particular time and play around with it - to use it as a way of luring audiences in.
29	"My main concern is to protect the film, and sometimes even I can get in the way of the film. If I'm causing a problem for the ultimate film, then I've got to be stopped, and I tell this to everybody who works with me. They find it hard to believe, but they finally do say, 'Terry, you can't do it.'
30	Everybody has their opinion and some people are wrong. One of the things I enjoy about my films is that children really love them. They are open-minded. As we get older we seem to close in. We limit the size of the world we limit everything about it. We have to break that shell open sometimes and (The Brothers Grimm) is just a desperate attempt to do so.
31	Whether I like it or not, or whether anybody else does, when I start a film I have a few ideas. And as you're getting into it, you think, 'Ooh, there's another idea,' and you're shooting some more and, 'Oh, here's another thing. Let's do that.' I'm always changing and adding. That's just the way my mind works.
32	(on future use of CGI in his films) "Nooo! Leave that to George Lucas, he' s really mastered the CGI acting. That scares me! I hate it! Everybody is so pleased and excited by it. Animation is animation. Animation is great. But it's when you're now taking what should be films full of people, living thinking, breathing, flawed creatures and you're controlling every moment of that, it's just death to me. It's death to cinema, I can't watch those Star Wars films, they're dead things."
33	It happens with every film. There comes a part where the money and the creative elements all come crashing together. Everybody's under a lot of pressure, and everybody is panicking about what works and what doesn't. And the studios and the money always have one perspective and the creative people have another one, and usually what happens is a lot of compromises get made.
34	My problem is I'm like a junkie. I want a good movie fix, and I never get that fix. I want to be taken into some place, some world, some idea that I haven't thought of or imagined. And it doesn't happen.
35	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.
36	Hollywood is run by small-minded people who like chopping the legs off creative people. All they want to do is say no.
37	I think I've got a certain talent and I don't know how to defend it. So I end up defending it more vociferously than it may need, but I always feel under threat. It's a basic in-built paranoia. When people start interfering, I go a little bit crazy.
38	All I do is hunt. I want to be thrilled. And I'm not being thrilled at the moment. So I'm being old and bitter and curmudgeonly, because I want sensory buzz and I'm not getting it!
39	I am getting tired of these fights [with backers.] Each time you get into a fight the world closes in a bit. You start losing an innocence, a belief that everything is possible. Terry Jones thinks I'm belligerent and egotistical, and that I've got to get into a fight to keep me going. It does keep me awake. But I limit it to the fights that are worth it nowadays.
40	To be deemed to be OK, to be part of the culture, that's the kiss of death. When I'm pushing against something it helps me define what I believe. I've always been led to see what's beyond, what's round the corner. The world tries to say that this is what it is, and don't go any further, because out there are monsters. But I want to see what they are. So when I talk about the others in the group not having done more, that's because I really admire them, and I get angry when I see those with extraordinary talents not using them.
41	People in Hollywood are not showmen, they're maintenance men, pandering to what they think their audiences want.
42	There's a side of me that always fell for manic things, frenzied, cartoony performances. I always liked sideshows, freakshows. Jerry Lewis was a freakshow...Absolutely grotesque, awful, tasteless. I like things to be tasteless.



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