Burt Reynolds: PTA was "young and full of himself"

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The 79-year-old actor, who is currently doing the round promoting his memoir, But Enough About Me, has admitted that he found PT Anderson, who at the time of shooting Boogie Nights was only 26-years-old, to be a little bit too cocky for his tastes. Speaking to GQ he explained: 

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"He was young and full of himself. Every shot we did, it was like the first time [that shot had ever been done]. I remember the first shot we did in Boogie Nights, where I drive the car to Grauman’s Theater. After he said, ‘Isn’t that amazing?’ And I named five pictures that had the same kind of shot. It wasn’t original. But if you have to steal, steal from the best."

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1st AD Josh Windermuth recalls a story where Burt Reynolds yelled in Anderson’s face because he believed the director was giving preferential treatment to other actors. 

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Why-Burt-Reynolds-Hated-Working-With-Paul-Thomas-Anderson-97997.html

Ouch. :=/

Cocky or not, he is a great filmmaker. So fuck Burt Reynolds.

Mecha wrote:

Cocky or not, he is a great filmmaker. So fuck Burt Reynolds.

The irony is that the "full of himself" PTA was the one responsible for Burt's only Oscar nomination of his career.

RamboOnRedBull wrote:

Mecha wrote:

Cocky or not, he is a great filmmaker. So fuck Burt Reynolds.

The irony is that the "full of himself" PTA was the one responsible for Burt's only Oscar nomination of his career.

Really? lol! I need to rewatch Boogie Nights.

Mecha wrote:

RamboOnRedBull wrote:

Mecha wrote:

Cocky or not, he is a great filmmaker. So fuck Burt Reynolds.

The irony is that the "full of himself" PTA was the one responsible for Burt's only Oscar nomination of his career.

Really? lol! I need to rewatch Boogie Nights.

You should.

I still find Boogie Nights to be my favorite film from the 1990s.

What an asshole!