Paul Thomas Anderson > Quotes

“Kill your television!”
― Paul Thomas Anderson, Magnolia: The Shooting Script

“I don't want to talk about those things. I see the worst in people. I don't need to look past seeing them to get all I need. I've built my hatreds up over the years, little by little, Henry... to have you here gives me a second breath. I can't keep doing this on my own with these... people.
[laughs]”
― Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood: Final Shooting Script

“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.”
― Paul Thomas Anderson

“No, really. Just do it. You have some kind of weird reasons that are okay.”
― Paul Thomas Anderson

“We’re all children of Kubrick, aren’t we? Is there anything you can do that he hasn’t done?”
― Paul Thomas Anderson

“I have a love in my life. It makes me stronger than anything you can imagine.”
― Paul Thomas Anderson, Punch-Drunk Love: The Shooting Script

“How does Forrest Gump have sex? What could be more of a revelation about a character than watching them have sex? That says a lot about them, how they touch another person in bed.”
― Paul Thomas Anderson

“I'll rebel against powers and principalities, all the time. Always, I will.”
― Paul Thomas Anderson

“If you figure a way to live without serving a master, any master, then let the rest of us know, will you?”
― Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master: A Screenplay

“If you figure a way to live without serving a master - any master - then let the rest of us know, will you.”
― Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master: A Screenplay

“If I say I'm an oil man, you will agree.”
― Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood: Final Shooting Script