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Paul Thomas Anderson Quotes

Paul Thomas Anderson quotes

American Director June 26, 1970

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Paul Thomas Anderson quote: "Well I'd really love to work with Robert De Niro, because he's..."
Well I'd really love to work with Robert De Niro, because he's still the most talented actor out there. Paul Thomas Anderson
Paul Thomas Anderson quote: "The films that I love are very straightforward stories, like..."
The films that I love are very straightforward stories, like really old-fashioned stuff. Paul Thomas Anderson
Paul Thomas Anderson quote: "My writing has a lot to do with who I am, and what my life is..."
My writing has a lot to do with who I am, and what my life is like, and my relationships to people. Paul Thomas Anderson
Paul Thomas Anderson quote: "I have a feeling, one of those gut feelings, that I'll make..."
I have a feeling, one of those gut feelings, that I'll make pretty good movies the rest of my life. Paul Thomas Anderson
I really subscribe to that old adage that you should never let the audience get ahead of you for a second. So if the film's abrasive and wrongfoots people then, y'know, that's great. But I hope it involves an audience. Paul Thomas Anderson
It's a gamble you take, the risk of alienating an audience. But there's a theory - sometimes it's better to confuse them for five minutes than let them get ahead of you for 10 seconds. Paul Thomas Anderson
Paul Thomas Anderson quote: "No matter how many times you do it, you don't get used to the..."
No matter how many times you do it, you don't get used to the sadness - for me at least - of coming to the end of a film. Paul Thomas Anderson
I don't get a sense of American pride. I just get a sense that everyone is here, battling the same thing - that around the world everybody's after the same thing, just some minor piece of happiness each day. Paul Thomas Anderson
My older sister was at the cusp of new wave, and I had older brothers from my father's first marriage who were rock 'n' roll guys, so I was exposed to a lot of popular culture. Paul Thomas Anderson
My filmmaking education consisted of finding out what filmmakers I liked were watching, then seeing those films. I learned the technical stuff from books and magazines, and with the new technology you can watch entire movies accompanied by audio commentary from the director. You can learn more from John Sturges' audio track on the 'Bad Day at Black Rock' laserdisc than you can in 20 years of film school. Film school is a complete con, because the information is there if you want it. Paul Thomas Anderson
It felt like the first thing, but when I first started out, I got a job adapting a book by Russell Banks called 'Rule Of The Bone.' I didn't do a very good job. I didn't really know what I was doing in general, let alone how to adapt a book. Paul Thomas Anderson
I always had a dream about trying to make a movie that had no dialogue in it, that was just music and pictures. I still haven't done it yet, but I tried to get close in the beginning. Paul Thomas Anderson
I think my job is to try and be as honest as I can with what is in my mind and how I feel - I think that's what you're supposed to do, if you're a good writer. So I try to do that. I know I do that. I do do that. Paul Thomas Anderson
My dad was this sort of avant-garde guy who did all kinds of weird things. He was a true original and anybody who met him never forgot him. Paul Thomas Anderson
Paul Thomas Anderson quote: "As I have got older and become a father, there's less and less..."
As I have got older and become a father, there's less and less time for films. Paul Thomas Anderson

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