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

- Terry Gilliam
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I keep referring to them in the plural but all I'm dealing with is Bob. I don't know where Harvey fits in the equation. He was very present at the beginning, winding his brother up. I don't know where he is now.

In advertising, I was frustrated by having to deal with the client. It was the only time I really worked in a proper office, and I didn't like it-simple as that.

We took up the offer with the BBC, and that was Monty Python's Flying Circus. I didn't have to submit my ideas to the group. I used to turn up on the days we recorded with a can of film under my arm, and in it went.

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.

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.

We did Holy Grail, and I got my name up there as one of the directors. After that, I started moving more and more down the line I wanted to, which was making movies.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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