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
kindness reasons weird
No, really. Just do it. You have some kind of weird reasons that are okay.
enjoyed pacing shape trying
I actually enjoyed the struggles that we had trying to shape 'Blood', to get the pacing right, the rhythm of it.
school
I had never read Upton Sinclair. I didn't read 'The Jungle' in high school or anything like that. But it's pretty terrific writing.
moving-forward littles smooth
Screenwriting is like ironing. You move forward a little bit and go back and smooth things out.
rebel
I'll rebel against powers and principalities, all the time. Always, I will.
writing who-i-am people
My writing has a lot to do with who I am, and what my life is like, and my relationships to people.
pride each-day world
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.
way-to-live world firsts
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.
jobs thinking too-much
I don't think it's a director's job to peek behind the curtain too much.
brother father rocks
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.
nuance moments that-moment
I am always looking for that nuance, that moment of truth, and you can't really do that fast.
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.
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.