The Thrill of Youth
Boogie Nights is about the energy of youth and the price of success.
Paul Thomas Anderson
Playwright-director crafting complex films about power, love, and the craft of filmmaking.
All moments: Paul Thomas Anderson
- Blood in Cinema — Paul Thomas Anderson
There Will Be Blood is about human greed in its purest form.
- Recognition and Legacy — Paul Thomas Anderson
Recognition may come unexpectedly, but the work is always the same.
- Intimacy and Scale — Paul Thomas Anderson
I try to find universal truths in personal stories.
- Questions in the Void — Paul Thomas Anderson
I make films to ask questions I don't have answers to.
- After Every Battle — Paul Thomas Anderson
Every film is one long battle with yourself.
- The Inner Competition — Paul Thomas Anderson
I have a competition in me. I want no one else to succeed.
Related moments
- The Price of Fame — Freddie Mercury
Fame is loneliness in a crowd. I'm surrounded by people but completely alone.
- The Performance Mask — Freddie Mercury
On stage, I'm a different person. It's my second nature.
- I Will Be a Legend — Freddie Mercury
I won't be a rock star. I will be a legend.
- Success Brings Demand — Robert De Niro
The more successful you become, the more people want a piece of you.
- The Craft of Acting: Truth and Illusion — Al Pacino
The hardest thing about being an actor is convincing people that when you're acting, you're not being yourself.
- Sanitized Beauty — Jeff Koons
Beauty is everywhere. In synthetics, in plastics, in what others call tasteless. I just reveal it.