Screenwriting is like ironing. You move forward a little bit and go back and smooth things out.
From Paul Thomas Anderson
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.
To make a film, the final big collaborator that you have is the composer.
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.
No, really. Just do it. You have some kind of weird reasons that are okay.
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'll rebel against powers and principalities, all the time. Always, I will.
I have a feeling, one of those gut feelings, that I'll make pretty good movies the rest of my life.
No 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.
Well I'd really love to work with Robert De Niro, because he's still the most talented actor out there.
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