Paul Thomas Anderson Net Worth

Paul Thomas Anderson's Quotes

• I have a feeling, one of those gut feelings, that I'll make pretty good movies the rest of my life. And maybe I'll make some clunkers, maybe I'll make some winners, but I guess the way that I really feel is that Magnolia (1999) is, for better or worse, the best movie I'll ever make.
• My dad was one of the first guys on the block to have a VCR. So along with all the videotapes that I would rummage through, I would find porno movies. Not that it twisted me into some maniac or anything. I was watching porno from age 10 to 17. I had an interest in it.
• I had older brothers and sisters who were doing drugs and playing rock music and doing all those insane things. I was watching.
• You can really see a strong and distinctive line between '70s and '80s porn, not just in the quality but in the spirit behind it.
• Today's movie villains often remind us of James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart and that's as cool as it gets. There's something comforting if they're hip and cool. They're not entirely real, or not entirely threatening, so it might be a little easier to swallow if they remind us of traditional movie villains.

Interesting Facts about Paul Thomas Anderson

1. Father, Ernie Anderson, was a local celebrity in Cleveland, where he hosted horror shows using the name "Ghoulardi".
2. Son of Ernie Anderson and Edwina Gough.
3. Lived in Los Angeles, USA with girlfriend Fiona Apple. He directed Apple in the video for her cover of "Across the Universe", which was part of the soundtrack for the movie, Pleasantville (1998).
4. Dropped out of NYU's film program after two days. Subsequently got his tuition payment back and used the money to make Cigarettes & Coffee (1993).
5. He shaves his head before SOME productions. He did not shave his head before the production of Magnolia (1999), as evidenced in the documentary on the DVD.
6. His favorite all-time film is The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948).
7. For the brief time he was at NYU film school, he handed in some of Pulitzer Prize-winner David Mamet's work as his own. When he got it back with a "C" grade he decided to leave.
8. Tom Cruise got him on to the set of Eyes Wide Shut (1999). He spent the day there and got to talk to Stanley Kubrick.
9. Despite the constant comparison between them amongst fans, he and fellow director Quentin Tarantino are great friends. Furthermore, Tarantino has praised Anderson's work, calling him a "filmmaking artist.".
10. Is a big fan of Adam Sandler and his movies.
11. Has 4 children: daughters, Pearl Minnie Anderson (b. October 15, 2005) & Lucille Anderson (b. November 6, 2009), son, Jackson Wright "Jack" Anderson (b. July 3, 2011) and daughter, Minnie Ida Anderson (b. August 1, 2013) with girlfriend, Maya Rudolph.
12. Cites Martin Scorsese and Jonathan Demme as his biggest influences and considers both to be the greatest American film directors.
13. Was employed as a standby director for A Prairie Home Companion (2006) for insurance purposes, and in the event that ailing 80-year-old director Robert Altman was unable to finish shooting.
14. Attended Emerson College in Boston, Mass.
15. Directed 8 actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore, Tom Cruise, Daniel Day-Lewis (twice), Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams and Lesley Manville. Day-Lewis won the Best Actor Oscar for his performance in There Will Be Blood (2007).
16. Fan and personal friend of Aimee Mann. He used the song "Christmastime" performed by Mann in Sydney (1996), and many of her songs in the Magnolia (1999) soundtrack.
17. Is a big fan of Major League Baseball. His favorite teams are his hometown Los Angeles Dodgers and his late father's favorite team, the Boston Red Sox.
18. Over the 7 movies he has directed/wrote; he has directed 7 actors to an Oscar Nomination. This equates to an Oscar Nomination for Acting for every movie he has made.
19. Sam Mendes calls him "a true auteur".
20. Time magazine compared There Will Be Blood (2007) to "the greatest achievements" of D.W. Griffith and John Ford.