There are moments when television systems are young and haven't formed properly, and there's room for lots of original stuff. Then things become more and more top-heavy with executives who are trying to guarantee the success of things.

Quote by Terry Gilliam

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I keep referring to them in the plural but all I'm dealing with is Bob....

I keep referring to them in the plural but all I'm dealing with is Bob....

I got my head bashed in at a demonstration against the Vietnam War. Police were...

I got my head bashed in at a demonstration against the Vietnam War. Police were...

It was lights, camera, inaction.

It was lights, camera, inaction.

People in Hollywood are not showmen, they're maintenance men, pandering to what they think their...

People in Hollywood are not showmen, they're maintenance men, pandering to what they think their...

You get trapped by stories. Though I've got this reputation for being out of control,...

You get trapped by stories. Though I've got this reputation for being out of control,...

I was getting frustrated with America. It's interesting how as simple a thing as, like,...

I was getting frustrated with America. It's interesting how as simple a thing as, like,...

At the first screening, there were a lot of areas that we went around and...

At the first screening, there were a lot of areas that we went around and...

It's 85 million dollars and they got to be really careful because they are going...

It's 85 million dollars and they got to be really careful because they are going...

I was doing political cartoons and getting angry to the point where I felt I...

I was doing political cartoons and getting angry to the point where I felt I...

Hyperbole is something I'd better avoid.

Hyperbole is something I'd better avoid.

In advertising, I was frustrated by having to deal with the client. It was the...

In advertising, I was frustrated by having to deal with the client. It was the...

John Cleese was with a group called Cambridge Circus, who had come to New York,...

John Cleese was with a group called Cambridge Circus, who had come to New York,...

Actually, I began to think that maybe there is a god, after all. Or maybe...

Actually, I began to think that maybe there is a god, after all. Or maybe...

It's been interesting how kids have had hardly any problems watching it, but adults have...

It's been interesting how kids have had hardly any problems watching it, but adults have...

People used to think we just faked all that stuff... it was all written, rehearsed....

People used to think we just faked all that stuff... it was all written, rehearsed....

Literally overnight, I became an animator... and one that was well-known.

Literally overnight, I became an animator... and one that was well-known.

They make Spy Kids, they make Scream, they make A Scary Movie. This doesn't do...

They make Spy Kids, they make Scream, they make A Scary Movie. This doesn't do...

We took up the offer with the BBC, and that was Monty Python's Flying Circus....

We took up the offer with the BBC, and that was Monty Python's Flying Circus....

I was born in 1940 in Minnesota and grew up in the country... dirt roads,...

I was born in 1940 in Minnesota and grew up in the country... dirt roads,...

We did Holy Grail, and I got my name up there as one of the...

We did Holy Grail, and I got my name up there as one of the...