Paul W. S. Anderson Quotes

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Paul W. S. Anderson

Profession : Director

Birth : March 4, 1965

If you work with any new technology, you have to expect that it's going to be a little problematic.

Paul W. S. Anderson

'Pompeii' is kind of a lifelong obsession for me.

Paul W. S. Anderson

Pompeii was an incredibly corrupt city. Pompeii was the Las Vegas of the Roman Empire.

Paul W. S. Anderson

I can't remember who said, 'No film is completed, just abandoned,' but I think most filmmakers will tell you that they could endlessly fiddle with their films for the next couple of decades, you know, changing things, altering things.

Paul W. S. Anderson

'Pompeii' will be PG-13. I think it has to have a level of violence and death in it because you've got a volcano exploding. But it will be another PG-13 movie.

Paul W. S. Anderson

In the modern world, there's a real genuine fear of loss of individuality, and I think the undead speak to that. I also think the idea of the dead coming back to life, and this unstoppable foe that just keeps coming and coming but rather slowly just chases you, is a real primal fear.

Paul W. S. Anderson

My grandfather, who brought me up, was a coal miner. I visited the mines with him. I remember it vividly. It was horrible. I'm glad I didn't go into the family business.

Paul W. S. Anderson

You can't just shoot your way out of every scenario in 'Resident Evil' games. You have to use your intelligence.

Paul W. S. Anderson

I've always seen myself as a populist filmmaker.

Paul W. S. Anderson

A modern audience is capable of processing just so much information because they're used to visual media that's on overload.

Paul W. S. Anderson

I think 'Death Race 2000' is a classic, but it's a classic from the 1970s, and I think it's a particular kind of drive-in-exploitation movie satire masterpiece, and it was very much a movie of its time.

Paul W. S. Anderson

Pompeii is taught at schools in England, and, for a young boy, the combination of the Roman Empire and a volcano was irresistible.

Paul W. S. Anderson

TV is something that me and my wife watch a lot.

Paul W. S. Anderson

I started in television in the U.K., and I've always wanted to get back into TV.

Paul W. S. Anderson

One of my favorite countries in the world is Japan, and I've spent a huge amount of time there.

Paul W. S. Anderson

I think 'Lost' didn't invent the flashback, obviously. It's been a cinematic tool. It's been around almost as long as cinema has.

Paul W. S. Anderson

When you make people a lot of money, it gives you leverage in Hollywood.

Paul W. S. Anderson

The attraction of watching a movie called 'Alien vs. Predator' is you're anticipating - and the movie has to deliver - battle scenes and fight scenes between the two creatures.

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What I love about 'Monster Hunter' is the incredibly beautiful, immersive world they've created. It's on the level of, like, a 'Star Wars' movie in terms of world creation.

Paul W. S. Anderson

The 'Monster Hunter' world includes these huge deserts that make the Gobi Desert look like a sandbox, and they have ships that sail through the sand.

Paul W. S. Anderson