Paul Thomas Anderson Quotes About Film

Quotes about: Film

• My filmmaking education consisted of finding out what filmmakers I liked were watching, then seeing those films. I learned the technical stuff from books and magazines, and with the new technology you can watch entire movies accompanied by audio commentary from the director. You can learn more from John Sturges' audio track on the 'Bad Day at Black Rock' laserdisc than you can in 20 years of film school. Film school is a complete con, because the information is there if you want it.

  Paul Thomas Anderson

  Book, School, Bad Day

• Film school is a complete con, because the information is there if you want it.

  Paul Thomas Anderson

  School, Want, Information

  "Paul Thomas Anderson Says You'll Learn More from This Commentary Track Than in 20 Years of Film School" by Alison Nastasi, www.movies.com. December 18, 2012.

• 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.

  Paul Thomas Anderson

  Sadness, Matter, Film

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

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

  Paul Thomas Anderson

  Father, Film

• 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.

• The films that I love are very straightforward stories, like really old-fashioned stuff.

  Paul Thomas Anderson

  Stories, Stuff, Film

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

• To make a film, the final big collaborator that you have is the composer.

  Paul Thomas Anderson

  Finals, Film, Bigs

• But I'd be lying if I didn't say that every time you go to make a film, you're desperate to either do it better than you did it last time or to not repeat yourself.

  Paul Thomas Anderson

  Lying, Lasts, Film

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

• 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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