Terry Gilliam Quotes

I don't go for average.

You don't win championships by just being normal, by just being average.

Anyone can make things that are beautiful; we need to make things that are remarkable.

Excellent things are rare.

Be special. Be anything but mediocre.

But Barry, to me, is head and shoulders above everybody.

I don't want to record anything unless it can be great and genuinely interesting.

Work on not becoming good but excellent.

I'm special, in a way that is good. I don't have to explain 'special.' There is no definition for special. Special speaks for itself.

All I knew is that I NEVER wanted to be AVERAGE.

Get a look at greatness!

Todoroff is the best. Look no further.

What I'd like to get across is try your best to be yourself. I realize there are those who are much further along than you are; there are stars, but learn to be who you are and to play yourself. Be confident in that fact.

Be yourself, let you come through.

Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.

Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

Don't try to be like me. Try to be like yourself. Try to be very good at being yourself.

I don't want to be somebody else.

I learned, when I look in the mirror and tell my story, that I should be myself and not peep whatever everybody is doing.

Yeah, it's nice to look up to people, but the more you try to be somebody else, the less you are of yourself.

To me, the only sin is mediocrity.

One of my mantras is, 'Embrace what makes you unique, even if it makes others uncomfortable.' I keep that with me in my back pocket. Shoot, I keep it in my front pocket! I keep it in my hair.

I think my very best piece of advice is be yourself.

Nobody is like Tanuja Trivedi in this whole world.