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> [I don't think it's a director's job to peek behind the curtain too much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-thomas-anderson/i-don-t-think-it-s-a-director-s-job-to-peek-behind-the-curtain-too/)

[Paul Thomas Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-thomas-anderson/)

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## More by Paul Thomas Anderson

> [I don't think the competition's so rough, within the majority of movies made in Hollywood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-thomas-anderson/i-don-t-think-the-competition-s-so-rough-within-the-majority-of/)

[Paul Thomas Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-thomas-anderson/)

> [You write who you are. But you also cheat, and youwrite what you want to be. It's embarrasing to be the guy who madethe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-thomas-anderson/you-write-who-you-are-but-you-also-cheat-and-youwrite-what-you-want/)

[Paul Thomas Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-thomas-anderson/)

> [I always had a dream about trying to make a movie that had no dialogue in it, that was just music and pictures. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-thomas-anderson/i-always-had-a-dream-about-trying-to-make-a-movie-that-had-no/)

[Paul Thomas Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-thomas-anderson/)

> [I'm not really a Sundance baby, but they helped me so much I feel I have to acknowledge it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-thomas-anderson/i-m-not-really-a-sundance-baby-but-they-helped-me-so-much-i-feel-i/)

[Paul Thomas Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-thomas-anderson/)

> [You have to be a brat in order to carve out your parameters, and you have to be a monster to anyone who gets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-thomas-anderson/you-have-to-be-a-brat-in-order-to-carve-out-your-parameters-and-you/)

[Paul Thomas Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-thomas-anderson/my-older-sister-was-at-the-cusp-of-new-wave-and-i-had-older-brothers/)

[Paul Thomas Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-thomas-anderson/)

> [I think my job is to try and be as honest as I can with what is in my mind and how I feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-thomas-anderson/i-think-my-job-is-to-try-and-be-as-honest-as-i-can-with-what-is-in-my/)

[Paul Thomas Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-thomas-anderson/)

> [I've never been a fan of whimsical or confusing storytelling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-thomas-anderson/i-ve-never-been-a-fan-of-whimsical-or-confusing-storytelling/)

[Paul Thomas Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-thomas-anderson/)

> [So with 'There Will Be Blood,' I didn't even really feel like I was adapting a book. I was just desperate to find stuff…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-thomas-anderson/so-with-there-will-be-blood-i-didn-t-even-really-feel-like-i-was/)

[Paul Thomas Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-thomas-anderson/)

> [I didn't have any desire I might have had 10 years ago to shoot every single word that I wrote.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-thomas-anderson/i-didn-t-have-any-desire-i-might-have-had-10-years-ago-to-shoot-every/)

[Paul Thomas Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-thomas-anderson/)

> [I don't think it's a director's job to peek behind the curtain too much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-thomas-anderson/i-don-t-think-it-s-a-director-s-job-to-peek-behind-the-curtain-too/)

[Paul Thomas Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-thomas-anderson/)

> [I'll rebel against powers and principalities, all the time. Always, I will.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-thomas-anderson/i-ll-rebel-against-powers-and-principalities-all-the-time-always-i/)

[Paul Thomas Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-thomas-anderson/)

> [But I'd be lying if I didn't say that every time you go to make a film, you're desperate to either do it better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-thomas-anderson/but-i-d-be-lying-if-i-didn-t-say-that-every-time-you-go-to-make-a/)

[Paul Thomas Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-thomas-anderson/)

> [It's so hard to do anything that doesn't owe some kind of debt to what Stanley Kubrick did with music in movies. Inevitably, you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-thomas-anderson/it-s-so-hard-to-do-anything-that-doesn-t-owe-some-kind-of-debt-to/)

[Paul Thomas Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-thomas-anderson/)

> [Film school is a complete con, because the information is there if you want it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-thomas-anderson/film-school-is-a-complete-con-because-the-information-is-there-if-you/)

[Paul Thomas Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-thomas-anderson/)

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