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
thinking competition hollywood
I don't think the competition's so rough, within the majority of movies made in Hollywood.
night thinking mcdonalds
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.
jobs thinking too-much
I don't think it's a director's job to peek behind the curtain too much.
school kids thinking
I remember being taught in school that you would underline things that you liked. I remember just underlining everything as a kid, thinking, 'This has all gotta be important!' I would just underline the whole thing!
character thinking two
I guess what I like in my movies is where you see a character change by maybe two degrees as opposed to the traditional movie change of ninety degrees. I guess that always feels false to me in movies because that doesn't truly happen. Around me, at least in the life I live, I guess I don't see people change ninety or a hundred degrees. I see them change in very small increments. I think it's just a monitor I might have on myself as a writer to not make any false scenes.
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.
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.