Paul Thomas Anderson Quotes

"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."
-Paul Thomas Anderson

"I think my movie is a hopeful one."
-Paul Thomas Anderson

"I'll rebel against powers and principalities, all the time. Always, I will."
-Paul Thomas Anderson

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

"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

"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."
-Paul Thomas Anderson

"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."
-Paul Thomas Anderson

"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."
-Paul Thomas Anderson