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So with 'There Will Be Blood,' I didn't even really feel like I was adapting a book. I was just desperate to find stuff to write.
Paul Thomas Anderson
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Paul Thomas Anderson
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 26
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You write who you are. But you also cheat, and youwrite what you want to be. It's embarrasing to be the guy who madethe movie, knowing you're not exactly who you want to be.
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Film school is a complete con, because the information is there if you want it.
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Screenwriting is like ironing. You move forward a little bit and go back and smooth things out.
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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.
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If you figure a way to live without serving a master, any master, then let the rest of us know, will you? For you'd be the first person in the history of the world.
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How do I respond to criticism? Critically. I listen to all criticism critically.
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I'm not really a Sundance baby, but they helped me so much I feel I have to acknowledge it.
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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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