Paul Thomas Anderson Quotes
Collection of top 36 famous quotes about Paul Thomas Anderson
Paul Thomas Anderson Quotes & Sayings
Happy to read and share the best inspirational Paul Thomas Anderson quotes, sayings and quotations on Wise Famous Quotes.
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.
— Paul Thomas Anderson
I have a feeling, one of those gut feelings, that I'll make pretty good movies the rest of my life.
— Paul Thomas Anderson
Kill your television!
— Paul Thomas Anderson
I write from my stomach.
— Paul Thomas Anderson
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.
— Paul Thomas Anderson
My writing has a lot to do with who I am, and what my life is like, and my relationships to people.
— Paul Thomas Anderson
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.
— Paul Thomas Anderson
I'm not really a Sundance baby, but they helped me so much I feel I have to acknowledge it.
— Paul Thomas Anderson
I've recently enjoyed the Paul Thomas Anderson commentaries and the David Fincher commentaries.
— Jay Roach
I don't think Paul Thomas Anderson has a standard approach to anything.
— Katherine Waterston
I actually enjoyed the struggles that we had trying to shape 'Blood', to get the pacing right, the rhythm of it.
— Paul Thomas Anderson
I'll rebel against powers and principalities, all the time. Always, I will.
— Paul Thomas Anderson
I had the standard movie geek childhood, because for as long as I can remember, all I wanted to do was make movies.
— Paul Thomas Anderson
As I have got older and become a father, there's less and less time for films.
— Paul Thomas Anderson
I am always looking for that nuance, that moment of truth, and you can't really do that fast.
— Paul Thomas Anderson
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.
— Paul Thomas Anderson
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.
— Paul Thomas Anderson
I don't think the competition's so rough, within the majority of movies made in Hollywood.
— Paul Thomas Anderson
Crazy is so hard to play, there's nothing you can really tell an actor.
— Paul Thomas Anderson
There's a lot for screenwriters to steal from songwriters, in terms of getting to the point.
— Paul Thomas Anderson
Acting is the hardest job in the entire world. By far. Harder than ditch digging.
— Paul Thomas Anderson
I don't think it's a director's job to peek behind the curtain too much.
— Paul Thomas Anderson
Well I'd really love to work with Robert De Niro, because he's still the most talented actor out there.
— Paul Thomas Anderson
You know, I'm really not that competent at describing things musically.
— Paul Thomas Anderson
I'm a huge Paul Thomas Anderson fan.
— Mary Elizabeth Winstead
To make a film, the final big collaborator that you have is the composer.
— Paul Thomas Anderson
I don't want to be the angry guy.
— Paul Thomas Anderson
There are a few directors as a young person where I was kind of like, 'Well, these are a sure bet.' The Coens, Paul Thomas Anderson, Wes Anderson.
— Allison Tolman
Screenwriting is like ironing. You move forward a little bit and go back and smooth things out.
— Paul Thomas Anderson
I've never been a fan of whimsical or confusing storytelling.
— Paul Thomas Anderson
I didn't have any desire I might have had 10 years ago to shoot every single word that I wrote.
— Paul Thomas Anderson
The films that I love are very straightforward stories, like really old-fashioned stuff.
— Paul Thomas Anderson
Of course, I'm no dummy.
— Paul Thomas Anderson
No, really. Just do it. You have some kind of weird reasons that are okay.
— Paul Thomas Anderson
I'm completely aware of the fact that I'm a control freak.
— Paul Thomas Anderson
How do I respond to criticism? Critically. I listen to all criticism critically.
— Paul Thomas Anderson