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Paul Thomas Anderson

Paul Thomas Anderson (born June 26, 1970), is an American filmmaker. In 1993, he wrote and directed a short film, Cigarettes & Coffee, on a budget of $20,000. An alumnus of the Sundance Institute, Anderson made a deal with Rysher Entertainment to direct his first feature film, the 1996 neo-noir crime thriller Hard Eight.

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It felt like the first thing, but when I first started out, I got a job adapting a book by Russell Banks called 'Rule Of The Bone. ' I didn't do a very good job. I didn't really know what I was doing in general, let alone how to adapt a book.

Banks, Book, Firsts, Good, Job, Jobs

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

Fast, Moments, Nuance, That Moment, Truth

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

Actor, Actors, Crazy, Play

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.

Film, Fun, Missing, Scenes, Way

My filmmaking education consisted of finding out what filmmakers I liked were watching, then seeing those films. I learned the technical stuff from books and magazines, and with the new technology you can watch entire movies accompanied by audio commentary from the director. You can learn more from John Sturges' audio track on the 'Bad Day at Black Rock' laserdisc than you can in 20 years of film school. Film school is a complete con, because the information is there if you want it.

Accompanied, Bad Day, Book, Liked, School, Technical

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

Jobs, Hardest Job, Acting, Harder, World

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.

Book, Writing, Blood, Write, Adapting

To make a film, the final big collaborator that you have is the composer.

Bigs, Composer, Film, Finals, Make

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.

Abrasive, Adage, Film, Let, People, Should

I don't think it's a director's job to peek behind the curtain too much.

Jobs, Thinking, Directors, Job, Curtain, Peek

If you figure a way to live without serving a master, any master, then let the rest of us know, will you? For you'd be the first person in the history of the world.

Firsts, Master, Person, Serving, Way To Live, World

You have to be a brat in order to carve out your parameters, and you have to be a monster to anyone who gets in your way. But sometimes it's difficult to know when that's necessary and when you're just being a baby, throwing your rattle from the cage.

Baby, Carve, Know, Monsters, Necessary, Order

I'm completely aware of the fact that I'm a control freak.

Aware, Control, Control Freak, Fact, Facts, Freak

Well I'd really love to work with Robert De Niro, because he's still the most talented actor out there.

Actor, Actors, De Niro, Niro, Talented, Wells

We’re all children of Kubrick, aren’t we? Is there anything you can do that he hasn’t done?

Can Do, Children, Done, Kubrick

I had the standard movie geek childhood, because for as long as I can remember, all I wanted to do was make movies.

Long, Childhood, Geek, Movie, Make

You write who you are. But you also cheat, and youwrite what you want to be. It's embarrasing to be the guy who madethe movie, knowing you're not exactly who you want to be.

Exactly, Guy, Knowing, Madethe, Writing

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!

Kid, Kids, Liked, School, Thinking, Underline

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

Con, Film, Information, School, Want

You know, I'm really not that competent at describing things musically.

Competent, Describing, Know, Knows, Musically, Things

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