Paul Thomas Anderson Quotes - Page 2

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• Well I'd really love to work with Robert De Niro, because he's still the most talented actor out there.

  Paul Thomas Anderson

  Actors, De Niro, Wells

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Acting is the hardest job in the entire world. By far. Harder than ditch digging.

  Paul Thomas Anderson

  Jobs, Hardest Job, Acting

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• I write from my stomach.

  Paul Thomas Anderson

  Writing, Stomach

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• I don't think it's a director's job to peek behind the curtain too much.

  Paul Thomas Anderson

  Jobs, Thinking, Directors

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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.

  Paul Thomas Anderson

  Long, Childhood, Geek

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• I don't think the competition's so rough, within the majority of movies made in Hollywood.

  Paul Thomas Anderson

  Thinking, Competition, Majority

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• As I have got older and become a father, there's less and less time for films.

  Paul Thomas Anderson

  Father, Film

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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

  Book, Writing, Blood

  Interview with Josh Modell, www.avclub.com. January 2, 2008.

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• 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.

  Paul Thomas Anderson

  Fun, Missing, Way

  "Paul Thomas Anderson strikes cinematic oil". www.today.com. January 3, 2008.

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• Crazy is so hard to play, there's nothing you can really tell an actor.

  Paul Thomas Anderson

  Crazy, Play, Actors

  "Magnolia maniac". www.theguardian.com. March 9, 2000.

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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.

  Paul Thomas Anderson

  Jobs, Book, Firsts

  Interview with Josh Modell, film.avclub.com. January 2, 2008.

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• You know, I'm really not that competent at describing things musically.

  Paul Thomas Anderson

  Describing, Knows, Competent

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• I don't want to be the angry guy.

  Paul Thomas Anderson

  Guy, Want, Angry

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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.

  Paul Thomas Anderson

  Years, Desire, Might

  "Tell the story! Tell the story!" by Ed Pilkington, www.theguardian.com. January 4, 2008.

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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.

  Paul Thomas Anderson

  Dad, Guy, Avant Garde

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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.

  Paul Thomas Anderson

  Brother, Father, Rocks

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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.

  Paul Thomas Anderson

  Night, Thinking, White

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• Of course, I'm no dummy.

  Paul Thomas Anderson

  Dummy, Courses

  "Tell the story! Tell the story!" by Ed Pilkington, www.theguardian.com. January 4, 2008.

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• I'm not really a Sundance baby, but they helped me so much I feel I have to acknowledge it.

  Paul Thomas Anderson

  Baby, Feels, Acknowledge

  "Magnolia maniac". www.theguardian.com. March 9, 2000.

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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.

  Paul Thomas Anderson

  People, Film, Should

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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