“The Brothers Grimm came along and I was so desperate for work … Actually I've got to say that I like the movie, I won't apologize for it.”

—  Terry Gilliam

Interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbz3EFmYmJM at the NY Museum of the Moving Image in October 2006.

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