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Paul Thomas Anderson Quotes

«A good actor is like watching a great musician, but having a bad actor terrifies me, because it means I've got to find something to say or something to do. And that's really frustrating, because you want to be concentrating on everything, and instead you find yourself bogged down with helping someone know their lines or not bump into the furniture, and that's when you want to strangle them.»
«No, really. Just do it. You have some kind of weird reasons that are okay.»
«I'll rebel against powers and principalities, all the time. Always, I will.»
«I don't get a sense of American pride. I just get a sense that everyone is here, battling the same thing - that around the world everybody's after the same thing, just some minor piece of happiness each day.»
«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.»
«I'm loving this kind of critical polarity. It's the first time it's happened to me and I'm actually getting off on it a little bit.»
«I try and balance it out. I mean, I don't want to be blabbermouth-young-white-director-guy, but I gotta help. You just don't want to get a disgusting sheen on yourself.»
«I've been in other relationships since Paul. He's been a big part of my life, and he's a very good friend now. But the songs are informed by all my relationships. There are certain lines that are directly about one person or situation, so directly that I'm sure those people recognize it. And that may be why I do this, to get my point across ? though not in a mean way.»
«I think my movie is a hopeful one,»
«It's a gift, I guess, is the best way to say it. He's put up with my presence, and I just like being around him.»