The Director's Chair > Paul Thomas Anderson
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Pozer:
haha such a fool. whatever years later and still trying to make up for that comment.
MacGuffin:
But was it appealing to play Milk, who's so different from your public persona?
He appealed, period. I liked him so much, and I just thought, "Can I find him in myself?" I didn't know. And there were times when I'd given it a go and really felt like I failed. You don't know. You just hope. Something kind of good happened, right as we were about to start. I was finishing Into The Wild at Skywalker Ranch, and Paul [Thomas] Anderson was finishing There Will Be Blood there. So we showed each other our movies. And it was really good timing for me. Seeing Daniel Day [Lewis], who I think is a great, great actor - there's something rejuvenating about seeing what it is to suit up. I'm not talking about talent here, I'm talking about commitment - I don't feel challenged by too many of my colleagues in terms of commitment. A lot of them put more effort into selling their pictures than making them. You need people like Daniel Day. Even if you think you're doing your best work or trying your hardest, he woke me up about, you know, "You've got some fucking work to do." That was very healthy for this movie.
So was it almost a kind of - I don't want to say "rivalry," but...
No, it would be the opposite of a rivalry. It would be more of a brotherhood. He's on your team, and he just beat six tackles - now do him a favor and beat seven. There's something about that that just got the juices flowing.
private witt:
I like the line about actors who work harder selling a film than making a film. I'm looking at you, Liam Nieson.
picolas:
please don't pick on Liam Neeson when there are so many cruddy actors out there. and did you SEE taken? he elevated the shit out of it.
Gold Trumpet:
Yea, I don't see Liam Neeson on magazine covers and seeing talk show hosts like they were therapists. I see him at press junkets and that's it, but every major actor is stipulated to do those for big films. Give a little more info before you slander someone.
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