Home / Quotes / Quote by Terry Gilliam

Quote by Terry Gilliam

“You know the hardest thing to do in Hollywood is burn bridges. There is usually some sucker who still likes me. There is usually some sucker who will still work with me.”

Quote by Terry Gilliam

Author

Terry Gilliam, born on November 22, 1940, is a British screenwriter known for his unique visual style and profound thematic explorations. His works, often blending elements of fantasy, adventure, and satire, have made him an important figure in the British film industry. more

You May Also Like

“People say as a woman actor your career is over at 40. But then they told me I would never work again after I was 16.”

People Actors Careers

Author:Jodie Foster

“I did loads of auditions and I didn't get called back. I still get giddy at all the people I get to work with, and I'm still enjoying the work and enjoying life too much that I don't feel like I've done that much.”

People Feels Stills Done Enjoy Too Much Load Auditions Enjoy Life Giddy

Author:Colin Farrell

“There's a ruthlessness to the city now that wasn't there before. I was in Dublin a few months ago, when we were shooting Breakfast on Pluto, and if I saw one kid throwing up on the street, I must have seen a hundred of them.”

Ifs Kids Cities Saws Streets Months Hundred Shooting Breakfast Throwing Dublin Ruthlessness Pluto Throwing Up

Author:Liam Neeson

“If I grew up in a different background, I could see myself getting a gun and shooting an abortionist. That's my job, to imagine what could happen, what can make people go in different directions.”

People Ifs Different Happens Jobs Imagine Grew Grew Up Gun Backgrounds Shooting Different Directions Different Backgrounds

Author:Todd Solondz

“Of course in Turkey I'm seen as being on the 'Western' side, criticised by the nationalists, criticised by the communitarians as not belonging. Even, sometimes, criticised for looking at my country through Western eyes. And in the Western media I'm portrayed as belonging to the East.”

Country Sometimes Eye Courses Sides Media Western East Belonging Turkeys Not Belonging Western Media

Author:Orhan Pamuk

“It's like my characters, all my men are Dad and me in a mess; all my female characters are smart and hopeful, like Mom just trying to make the best of things.”

Men Trying Character Mom Dad Smart Female Mess Hopeful Female Characters

Author:Bret Easton Ellis

“I'm not a stickler for truth. To me, lying in poetry is much more fun. I'm against lying in life, in principle, in any other activity except poetry.”

Lying Fun Principles Activity Poetry Is

Author:Charles Simic

“Now, when you look at somebody, it's not simply, 'Are you like me or unlike me? Has your culture produced great artists? What are your rituals?' It's: 'Is your culture safe or not? Will it produce terrorists?'”

Looks Artist Culture Produce Safe Terrorist Like Me Ritual Great Art Great Artist

Author:Homi K. Bhabha

“I suppose . . . in writing you can't have regrets. I mean, you just get it down the way it was . . . it's only wishful thinking that things could be other than they were.”

Thinking Way Writing Mean Regret Wishful Thinking

Author:John McGahern

“All one wants to do is make a small, finished, polished, burnished, beautiful object . . . I mean, that's all one wants to do. One has nothing to say about the world, or society, or morals or politics or anything else. One just wants to get the damn thing done, you know? Kafka had it right when he said that the artist is the man who has nothing to say. It's true. You get the thing done, but you don't actually have anything to communicate, apart from the object itself.”

Knows Men World Want Mean Said Done Beautiful Artist Moral Objects He Man Communicate Finished Damn Things Done Polished True You Damn Things Beautiful Objects

Author:John Banville