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
finals film bigs
To make a film, the final big collaborator that you have is the composer.
father film
As I have got older and become a father, there's less and less time for films.
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.
people film adages
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.
stuff stories film
The films that I love are very straightforward stories, like really old-fashioned stuff.
lying lasts film
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.
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.
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.
kindness reasons weird
No, really. Just do it. You have some kind of weird reasons that are okay.
good job mind supposed
I think my job is to try and be as honest as I can with what is in my mind and how I feel - I think that's what you're supposed to do, if you're a good writer. So I try to do that. I know I do that. I do do that.
book writing blood
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.
competent describing knows
You know, I'm really not that competent at describing things musically.
children done can-do
We’re all children of Kubrick, aren’t we? Is there anything you can do that he hasn’t done?
guy want angry
I don't want to be the angry guy.