- Himself: Can I ask you what you thought of the script when you firstread it?
- Himself: I thought it was astounding. I went to Paul and I said "It's great, it's great, it's a little long..." and he goes "You fuckin' cocksucker! I'm not gonna cut one god damn word out of this thing! "So then I talked to Julianne and I said "What did you think about the script?" and she said "It's amazing. It's a little long." I said "Did you tell Paul that?" and she said "Yeah." I said "What did he say?" She said "You fuckin' cocksucker! I'm not gonna cut one word out of it!"
- [after doing many interviews for TV shows]
- Himself: If I get asked one more god damned question about Paul Thomas Anderson, I'm gonna kill somebody.
- [after Paul Thomas Anderson said he edited the trailer and designed the poster for the film Magnolia]
- Himself: You know he develloped the film too. He sent it to a lab but he just didn't like the work they were doing, so he set up a lab in his bathroom and he develloped the film.
- Himself: It's got that homemade look to it.
- Himself: He ground the lenses that we used in this film.