Paul Thomas Anderson

I don't think the competition's so rough, within the majority of movies made in Hollywood.

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.

I always had a dream about trying to make a movie that had no dialogue in it, that was just music and pictures. I still haven't done it yet, but I tried to get close in the beginning.

If you have a block of ballistics gelatin and a high-speed camera, pretty soon somebody gets a gun!

If you have a block of ballistics gelatin and a high-speed camera, pretty soon somebody gets a gun!

Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.