Paul Thomas Anderson Quotes
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I am always looking for that nuance, that moment of truth, and you can't really do that fast.
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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.
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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.
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I don't think the competition's so rough, within the majority of movies made in Hollywood.
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I've never been a fan of whimsical or confusing storytelling.
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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.
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The films that I love are very straightforward stories, like really old-fashioned stuff.
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How do I respond to criticism? Critically. I listen to all criticism critically.
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I had the standard movie geek childhood, because for as long as I can remember, all I wanted to do was make movies.
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Film school is a complete con, because the information is there if you want it.
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I actually enjoyed the struggles that we had trying to shape 'Blood', to get the pacing right, the rhythm of it.
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Of course, I'm no dummy.
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There's a lot for screenwriters to steal from songwriters, in terms of getting to the point.
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I don't want to be the angry guy.
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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.
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No, really. Just do it. You have some kind of weird reasons that are okay.
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I'm completely aware of the fact that I'm a control freak.
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To make a film, the final big collaborator that you have is the composer.
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Clinton used to like to get out of the White House a lot. He would take night trips to McDonald's, and stuff like that. I think he wanted to get out of the house.