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
guy want angry
I don't want to be the angry guy.
dad guy avant-garde
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.
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.
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?
fun missing way
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.
years desire might
I didn't have any desire I might have had 10 years ago to shoot every single word that I wrote.
confusing fans whimsical
I've never been a fan of whimsical or confusing storytelling.
finals film bigs
To make a film, the final big collaborator that you have is the composer.