"I had the standard movie geek childhood, because for as long as I can remember, all I wanted to do was make movies."
-Paul Thomas Anderson
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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 have a feeling, one of those gut feelings, that I'll make pretty good movies the rest of my life."
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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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"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."
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"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."
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"My dad was this sort of avant-garde guy who did all kinds of weird things. He was a true original and anybody who met him never forgot him."
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