So, who was the most Terry Gilliam of them all?
I don’t know. Because it’s not just like I’m the main character, I’m actually all the characters. The good guys and the bad guys? Oh yeah, I have to be. There’s always one that is obviously the one I would like to be like more. And then there’s the other one that’s a lot of fun. They’re all there and it gets more confusing in that sense that I can identify with all of them. But at least I’ve got to like them and love them; I have to be intrigued by them. They all become part of me. It’s like when I’m working with the actors. I suppose I’m bringing out bits and pieces of me with them. And the strange one was Jeff Bridges in The Fisher King, because what I didn’t know was that Jeff was copying me, my movements, the way I do things. And I didn’t even recognize me until the film was finished and somebody said, “That’s what you do, Terry.” So that was a very interesting moment. He was watching and mimicking me, and I didn’t see it. It was like when you take [Marcello] Mastroianni doing Fell
