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" There's a lot for screenwriters to steal from songwriters, in terms of getting to the point. "
Paul Thomas Anderson
Songwriters
Steal
Point
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" My older sister was at the cusp of new wave, and I had older brothers from my father's first marriage who were rock 'n' roll guys, so I was exposed to a lot of popular culture. "
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" 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. "
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" I don't think the competition's so rough, within the majority of movies made in Hollywood. "
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" 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
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High School
" I'll rebel against powers and principalities, all the time. Always, I will. "
Paul Thomas Anderson
Will
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Always
" I had the standard movie geek childhood, because for as long as I can remember, all I wanted to do was make movies. "
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" I write from my stomach. "
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" It's a gamble you take, the risk of alienating an audience. But there's a theory - sometimes it's better to confuse them for five minutes than let them get ahead of you for 10 seconds. "
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Sometimes
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" No, really. Just do it. You have some kind of weird reasons that are okay. "
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Just
Kind
" Crazy is so hard to play, there's nothing you can really tell an actor. "
Paul Thomas Anderson
Play
Tell
Crazy
" 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
Used
Fun
Now
" 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. "
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Yourself
Time
" My writing has a lot to do with who I am, and what my life is like, and my relationships to people. "
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Life
Writing
" I don't want to be the angry guy. "
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Guy
Want
Angry
" I have a feeling, one of those gut feelings, that I'll make pretty good movies the rest of my life. "
Paul Thomas Anderson
My Life
Good
Gut
" Film school is a complete con, because the information is there if you want it. "
Paul Thomas Anderson
Want
School
Information
" 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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Word
Desire
Shoot
" I'm not really a Sundance baby, but they helped me so much I feel I have to acknowledge it. "
Paul Thomas Anderson
Really
Me
Baby
" I really subscribe to that old adage that you should never let the audience get ahead of you for a second. So if the film's abrasive and wrongfoots people then, y'know, that's great. But I hope it involves an audience. "
Paul Thomas Anderson
People
You
Ahead
" 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
Film
You
Sadness
" I actually enjoyed the struggles that we had trying to shape 'Blood', to get the pacing right, the rhythm of it. "
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Trying
Struggles
Right
" 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. "
Paul Thomas Anderson
House
White
Night
" As I have got older and become a father, there's less and less time for films. "
Paul Thomas Anderson
Father
Got
Less
" I've never been a fan of whimsical or confusing storytelling. "
Paul Thomas Anderson
Confusing
Fan
Never
" I'm completely aware of the fact that I'm a control freak. "
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Control
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" To make a film, the final big collaborator that you have is the composer. "
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Big
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" Acting is the hardest job in the entire world. By far. Harder than ditch digging. "
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Acting
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" 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! "
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School
Remember
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" I don't think it's a director's job to peek behind the curtain too much. "
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Job
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