Terry Gilliam
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"Terence Vance "Terry" Gilliam" is an American-born British screenwriter, film director, animator, actor and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe.

Gilliam has directed 12 feature films, including Time Bandits (1981), Brazil (1985 film)/Brazil (1985), The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), The Fisher King (1991), 12 Monkeys (1995), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (film)/Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009). The only "Python" not born in Britain, he became a naturalised British citizen in 1968. He formally Renunciation of citizenship/renounced his American citizenship in 2006.

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I can report that we are a hit in Germany.

I just like the fact I can make a film which might give comfort to some people who think they are the only crazy person in the world and suddenly they see there are two crazy people in the world.

Hello, good evening and welcome to the middle of the film.

Usually I have my big fight at the end of a film.

He didn't do anything to become president!, ... Well, thank God for Karl and Dick.

I don't have a problem (with the bad reviews).

I actually think we made it better without succumbing to other people's idea about what would make it better. Everybody's happy now. We're a big happy family.

He just had a different view of the film.

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