James Gunn Quotes

But as a kid, I loved 'Monty Python.' My Dad was a devout watcher. We used to watch it when we ate dinner!

I'd grown up loving English films. I was a huge Monty Python fanatic as a kid.

When I was in my late teens, I discovered 'Fawlty Towers' and 'Monty Python,' and they still make me laugh.

When we created 'Goodness Gracious Me,' it was quoting 'Python' and Woody Allen lines that really bonded the writers, and the 'Spamalot' material is so utterly, wonderfully surreal that it hasn't dated.

'Monty Python' is now more recognised by the films than by the TV series.

If 'Airplane!' comes on, it's like a comfort film. You can always guarantee a laugh watching that movie.

I did a film called 'Black Dynamite' that was very, very funny. That seems to be a film that's kind of a cult classic.

No day of my life passes without someone saying the words 'Monty Python' to me. It's not bad.

'Mean Girls' is literally one of my favorite movies. It's just such a classic. Everybody has seen it, and me and my friends quote it all the time.

One of my favorite comedies is 'Three Amigos!' Oh my gosh, me and my brother quote that all the time.

'Can't Stop the Music' has become a cult film. It's kind of shocking to me. People come up to me all the time and say, 'I just saw it!'

I remember, when I saw the first 'Austin Powers' movie, I was blown away by how fun and original it was.

I love British humor. It's just so - surreal.

Monty Python crowd; half of them came from Cambridge, and half of them came from Oxford. But, there seems to be this jewel, this sort of two headed tradition of doing comedy, of doing sketches, and that kind of thing.

The Americans all love 'The Holy Grail', and the English all love 'Life Of Brian', and I'm afraid on this one, I side with the English.

I love 'Strange Brew'. I quote that movie all the time, and no one knows what I'm talking about.

'Groundhog Day' was one of the greatest scripts ever written. It didn't even get nominated for an Academy Award.

Guy Pearce played Mike in 'Neighbors'. I would fake illness to stay off school and watch the one P.M. show, and I would also watch it again when it was repeated at 5:25 P.M. Obsessed.

You can start any 'Monty Python' routine and people finish it for you. Everyone knows it like shorthand.

I swear to God, that movie comes up more in my life than any other movie. Someone says 'Bowfinger' once every month or two to me. And how many years ago did that come out?

'Jaws' has turned into one of those films that when you see it on TV, you turn it on, and you can't turn it off. So, in that regard, I've seen it a million times. It's the only film I'm aware of that could be released now for the first time and have the same impact that it did then. You can't say that about a lot of movies.

Monty Python has such a huge following... myself included.

The movie I've seen the most is 'Ghostbusters' or 'Ghostbusters II.' I used to watch those movies nonstop.

This is an old film from donkeys' years ago, but the first film I ever… the first time I ever cried watching a movie was when I was watching 'The Champ.'

I could never really choose a favorite book, but whenever I'm asked what my favorite movie is, I always say 'Withnail & I,' a British film from 1987. It's funny and sad and absolutely gorgeous to look at. It's the film I can watch over and over again.