Quotes by Paul Thomas Anderson

Paul Thomas Anderson

Acting is the hardest job in the entire world. By far. Harder than ditch digging.

Acting

Hardest Job

Jobs

As I have got older and become a father, there’s less and less time for films.

Father

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.

Film

Lasts

Lying

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.

Night

Thinking

White

Crazy is so hard to play, there’s nothing you can really tell an actor.

Actors

Crazy

Play

Film school is a complete con, because the information is there if you want it.

Information

School

Want

How do I respond to criticism? Critically. I listen to all criticism critically.

Criticism

I always had a dream about trying to make a movie that had no dialogue in it, that was just music and pictures. I still haven’t done it yet, but I tried to get close in the beginning.

Done

Dream

Trying

I am always looking for that nuance, that moment of truth, and you can’t really do that fast.

Moments

Nuance

That Moment

I didn’t have any desire I might have had 10 years ago to shoot every single word that I wrote.

Desire

Might

Years

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Control Freak

Courses

Crazy

Criticism

Dad

De Niro

Describing

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Done

Dream

Dummy

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Quotes by Paul Thomas Anderson

Paul Thomas Anderson

Acting is the hardest job in the entire world. By far. Harder than ditch digging.

As I have got older and become a father, there’s less and less time for films.

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.

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.

Crazy is so hard to play, there’s nothing you can really tell an actor.

Film school is a complete con, because the information is there if you want it.

How do I respond to criticism? Critically. I listen to all criticism critically.

I always had a dream about trying to make a movie that had no dialogue in it, that was just music and pictures. I still haven’t done it yet, but I tried to get close in the beginning.

I am always looking for that nuance, that moment of truth, and you can’t really do that fast.

I didn’t have any desire I might have had 10 years ago to shoot every single word that I wrote.

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