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I write from my stomach.

Paul Thomas Anderson

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Paul Thomas Anderson
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 26
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Studio City
Los Angeles
P. T. Anderson
Paul Anderson
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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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As I have got older and become a father, there's less and less time for films.
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We’re all children of Kubrick, aren’t we? Is there anything you can do that he hasn’t done?
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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.
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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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I remember being taught in school that you would underline things that you liked. I remember just underlining everything as a kid, thinking, 'This has all gotta be important!' I would just underline the whole thing!
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You have to be a brat in order to carve out your parameters, and you have to be a monster to anyone who gets in your way. But sometimes it's difficult to know when that's necessary and when you're just being a baby, throwing your rattle from the cage.
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How do I respond to criticism? Critically. I listen to all criticism critically.
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I'll rebel against powers and principalities, all the time. Always, I will.
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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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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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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.
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I've never been a fan of whimsical or confusing storytelling.
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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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Crazy is so hard to play, there's nothing you can really tell an actor.
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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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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.
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You know, I'm really not that competent at describing things musically.
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I have a feeling, one of those gut feelings, that I'll make pretty good movies the rest of my life.
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I didn't have any desire I might have had 10 years ago to shoot every single word that I wrote.
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