You get trapped by stories. Though I've got this reputation for being out of control, it's not true, it just happens to be a more interesting story than the truth.

Quote by Terry Gilliam

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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...

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 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 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,...

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...

There are moments when television systems are young and haven't formed properly, and there's room...

There are moments when television systems are young and haven't formed properly, and there's room...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

There was a perverse side of me, with things like Van Helsing coming out. I...

There was a perverse side of me, with things like Van Helsing coming out. I...

It was lights, camera, inaction.

It was lights, camera, inaction.

Hyperbole is something I'd better avoid.

Hyperbole is something I'd better avoid.

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....

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...