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.
Paul Thomas AndersonI have a feeling, one of those gut feelings, that I'll make pretty good movies the rest of my life.
Paul Thomas AndersonI'm not really a Sundance baby, but they helped me so much I feel I have to acknowledge it.
Paul Thomas AndersonI didn't have any desire I might have had 10 years ago to shoot every single word that I wrote.
Paul Thomas AndersonNo matter how many times you do it, you don't get used to the sadness - for me at least - of coming to the end of a film.
Paul Thomas AndersonMy 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