Paul Thomas Anderson
Paul Thomas Anderson
Paul Thomas Andersonalso known as P.T. Anderson, is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. Interested in film-making at a young age, Anderson was encouraged by his father Ernie Andersonto become a filmmaker...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth26 June 1970
CountryUnited States of America
Paul Thomas Anderson quotes about
writing knowing guy
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.
facts freak control-freak
I'm completely aware of the fact that I'm a control freak.
dream trying done
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.
jobs book firsts
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.
dad guy avant-garde
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.
stuff stories film
The films that I love are very straightforward stories, like really old-fashioned stuff.
stealing term screenwriters
There's a lot for screenwriters to steal from songwriters, in terms of getting to the point.
guy want angry
I don't want to be the angry guy.
years desire might
I didn't have any desire I might have had 10 years ago to shoot every single word that I wrote.
night thinking mcdonalds
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.
sadness matter film
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.
father film
As I have got older and become a father, there's less and less time for films.
fun missing way
I don't miss scenes at all the way that I used to miss them when I was younger making a film. It's actually quite fun to get rid of them now.
dummy courses
Of course, I'm no dummy.