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
kindness reasons weird
No, really. Just do it. You have some kind of weird reasons that are okay.
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.
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.
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.
long childhood remember
I had the standard movie geek childhood, because for as long as I can remember, all I wanted to do was make movies.
feelings good-movie gut-feelings
I have a feeling, one of those gut feelings, that I'll make pretty good movies the rest of my life.