Paul Thomas Anderson Quotes

American - Director | June 26, 1970 -

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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BabyYouKnowSometimesWayMonster

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

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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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I'll rebel against powers and principalities, all the time. Always, I will.

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There's a lot for screenwriters to steal from songwriters, in terms of getting to the point.

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I've never been a fan of whimsical or confusing storytelling.

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No, really. Just do it. You have some kind of weird reasons that are okay.

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WeirdYouKindOkayJust Do ItJust

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.

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TimeYourselfBetterYouGoSay

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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Of course, I'm no dummy.

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I don't want to be the angry guy.

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How do I respond to criticism? Critically. I listen to all criticism critically.

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