We'd actually met him once when he was at Cambridge. Then Terry Gilliam came along and started doing cartoons in the last series. We knew of John (Cleese) and Graham (Chapman) and what they were doing. They were doing a thing called 'The Last 1948 Show.' So it was really 'Don't Adjust Your Set' gets together with 'The Last 1948 Show'... John wanted to work with Mike Palin. At that time we decided not to do another series of 'Don't Adjust Your Set,' and we all came in the package Mike and me and Eric and Terry Gilliam. We said, 'Let's all do it together.' We all liked what each other did.
Quotes about gilliam (11 Quotes)
My father took me to the first regular season game they ever played, when John Gilliam ran the opening kickoff back, ... So I've always had a special place in my heart for the franchise. ... I know how much they mean to that community.
a fairy tale about the guys who wrote fairy tales as seen through the eyes of Terry Gilliam in a wild fantasy world only he could create.
It's a respectable opening. You can't underestimate the following that Terry Gilliam has. Whether the movie was delayed for a year or two, people just want to see what he's going to put on the screen. Having a name like Matt Damon doesn't hurt, either.
It was upsetting at first. But we know coach Gilliam and we trust him.
It's a fairy tale about the guys who wrote fairy tales through the eyes of Terry Gilliam, ... This film was actually an excuse for Terry to create an entire world. He does this so well with wide-angle lenses. Terry's frames are so densely packed with information that you can't take it all in the first time.
People don't know where to place me. Terry Gilliam used me as a quirky cop in 'Twelve Monkeys', and then he hired me again to be an effeminate hotel clerk in 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'. Another time, I was shooting this indie film 'The Souler Opposite' and six days a week, I'm playing this big puppy dog, then I come to the 'NYPD Blue' set and become this scumbag.
Despite the hit to his ego, Damon took the role, eager for an opportunity to work with Gilliam. He's definitely the type of man who is open to ideas, ... He also likes to gild the lily as much as possible.
Terry Gilliam is considered in Europe as a genius, ... He has this freedom as a director - this fantasy. And he discovers what he wants from actors as he directs them, so you have to be on your toes.
Gilliam has a very free imagination. There's nothing you feel you can't do as an actor. The audience can always be surprised going to a Terry Gilliam film. You think you might have him figured out, but he's going to give you some new treats.
Every time I see him, he threatens to do something. I just saw him last night. I'd love to do it againwell, I don't want to do that again. If there's any way to avoid the curse, that would be better. I'd love to do the film, if at all possible, and I stress that 'if at all possible' because it was really going to be good, that was the thing we all felt. It was really sad. It was really going to be good, like the best of Terry Gilliam. I felt really good about my character, and the good news is that if he wants to go back and do that, I already know the character, so I have less homework to do.