- Self - Former Head of Production HandMade Films: If you got a green light at HandMade it was because it was going to go. It was green lit, you know. That was it.
- Self - Former Head of Production HandMade Films: George was interested in making, you know, stuff the Pythons wanted to make, collectively or individually.
- Self - Monty Python: Once the Beatles broke up, it was clear that George liked the idea of being part of another group - and, the Python gang was one that he admired what we did. He thought it was wonderful. He got involved and oddly enough as we were editing, he was there for a bit and then he absented himself. Cause he just thought, well, he thought that these guys were geniuses and they knew exactly what they were doing. No, it was constant fighting - and that was always the strength of the group. He decided maybe it was best to know a little less about how we worked as as group. Because, it was probably as fractious as the Beatles were.
- Self - Former Head of Production HandMade Films: George rang and said, "What are you doing now?" And I said, "I'm not doing very much." He said, "Well, I think I've got a film company. Why don't you be me in the office?"
- Self - George Harrison's Business Manager: Terry came in and said, "I've got this great idea for a film. This kid is in his bedroom and then the cupboard door burst open and a knight comes through and they go through into a time warp and they go in from time to time." I said, "Oh, that's good. Come, we'll go and tell Denis." So, we - went to Cadogan Square to a meeting with Denis. Denis looks at me and he says, "How much will it cost?" There was no script. There was nothing. So, I invented a figure, I said, "Um, three million pounds." So he said, "Okay, off you go." And that was it. We were making "Time Bandits". We had no script. We had no-nothing. We had Terry with guy coming through a cupboard. And me inventing a budget, you know, and that was it.
- Self - Writer: [referring to "Water"] If you smoke a very large joint, it's really a fun movie. No, no. Most people that enjoyed it have been high.
- Self - Writer: [referring to "Water"] It was an idea to do a film about a Caribbean island that discovers Perrier water... It all sounded terribly funny over a second bottle of wine.
- Self - Actor: I had a maid actually from Guatemala, who would say, instead of "Get me some pens," she would say, "You know, I need the penis." And I'd say, "What, well honey, we all do." And I thought, "This is the only accent I want to do."
- Self - Monty Python: During all this time, I was having this little fight with Denis, as it were. And this is when, I think, George had decided that at that point I was a complete impossible, asshole. The end of "Time Bandits" we did have a song by George. It was a lovely song and Ray Cooper said, "Do you know what - have you ever listened to the lyrics?" I said, "No, they're lovely, why?" "Those are George's notes - to you." And it's all about time, don't take up too much time, i.e., the length of the film is too long. I should apologize because of my bad behavior. It was absolutely brilliant. I typical way of being as tough as George can be and very direct and very honest and open; but, being clever at the same time, disguising it amongst beautiful sounds.
- Self - Former International Sales HandMade Films: [referring to "A Private Function"] It was very hard working with the pig because he'd be brought onto the set and at some stage it would defecate, usually just before the take. So, you'd have to get everyone out to clean the carpet. And, there was a young lad who was at the film location every morning, saying, "I'd love to get into films. Any chance of me getting into films?" "Oh, no, no, no, no." And then, somebody said, "By the way, actually, there's something you could do." And they gave him a bucket and said, "When you're on the set, when the pig comes on, as soon as you see anything appear from the pig's backside, get the bucket under there." And he did! And, because of the predictability of pig's bowel movements, he could do that. It saved us an awful lot of time. And, he's the only person I think on any credits anywhere who's just been given the credit of: Bucket Boy.
- Self - Former Head of Production HandMade Films: When the company started to get bigger, you take on more staff, you need to pay more staff, you need to feed the beast.
- Self - Writer and Director: It became this film that was a rites of passage. You had to go to university, get pissed, eat a curry, and watch "Withnail and I," you know. Very weird.
- Self - Former International Sales HandMade Films: [referring to "A Private Function"] There were three pigs; because, they're all supposed to have different - they're all supposed to have different talents.
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- Self - Former International Sales HandMade Films: You know, one could sing, one could dance, the other one... I mean, this was how it was put to us, really, by the trainers. In fact, only one of them could act.
- Self - Monty Python: It was really not what he wanted, the Madonna - Sean Penn thing, a celebrity thing. It was - George wasn't interested in that. He wanted to see a good comedy, you know, played by people he liked and knew, preferably something - British, rather than something American.
- Self - Director: [referring to "Nuns on the Run"] It was a big success in America, in terms of the critics. It would have been a huge box office success, but, for one thing that nobody reckoned on. We had a limited opening for two weeks on a few screens with amazing reviews. And then they said we're going to expand it to a large number of screens next week. And I said, "Oh, great! What are we competing against?" They said, "Nothing. Nothing at all. There's just a children's film called 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.' Nobody's going to go see that." Unfortunately, *everybody* went to see that. It was a colossal hit. So, we didn't do so well when we expanded.
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- Self - Monty Python: HandMade Films to me was a signature: this is going to be quality stuff.
- Self - Former Head of Production HandMade Films: George understood passion. If he was here today, and I wish he was, he'd be listening to your stories and if he thought that you were absolutely passionate about something, your dream would come true. He would make it come true.
- Self - Former Head of Production HandMade Films: "Nuns on the Run," yeah, it was a nice - film. I suppose I look at it because it was my, it was the last film I was involved in. It was the last film that HandMade Films made - under George's regime.
- Self - Former Head of Production HandMade Films: It would have been nice to think that we could have remained small. That would have been the perfect HandMade Films - making one or two films a year, but, gems that people would put in their back pocket and always want to see again and again.
- Self - Producer: "Mona Lisa" was a story about the hypocrisy of Soho. How those guys in suits were probably contributing to the Tory party, who were dealing in drugs and prostitution and they were actually that much bigger than criminals than guys walking around with a swag sack on their back. You know, if there is such a thing, a good old honest criminal.
- Self - Monty Python: Very good films got made in a very short time. I can't think of any other period in British filmmaking which was quite so rich.
- Self - Director: [referring to "Mona Lisa'] I really wanted to make a movie about how man deeply misunderstood women. I suppose I'd genuinely didn't understand women any more and I just had the courage to want to make a film about that.