Comments on: “He Was Young And Full Of Himself”: Burt Reynolds On Why He “Hated” Paul Thomas Anderson During ‘Boogie Nights’

By: I was there

I was there — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:38:31 +0000

Burt\’s not wrong, but he should have looked past it. Imagined if he did Magnolia, maybe he woulda had a prolonged career instead of the Boogie Nights blip. Also, look who PTA has ultimately grown into? It all ended well there.

By: CrazyxCrazy

CrazyxCrazy — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:38:31 +0000

love how pathetically touchy Anderson fans are aka UGH

By: Glass

Glass — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:38:31 +0000

I knew before reading this that PTA was a fairly insufferable, coked-up douche around that time, but someone with the experience of Burt Reynolds should\’ve been able to see through all of that and recognize the intelligent, talented and kind-hearted person he always was. Read the cast list on Hard Eight, Magnolia and (the rest of) Boogie Nights, and you\’ll see how many great actors were able to see through the behavior and recognize what made him so great. This says more about Burt than Paul…

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:38:31 +0000

I concur. Watching PTA\’s earlier films, you get the sense that he was merely trying to impress. Luckily, as he\’s gotten older, he\’s gotten the balls to simply tell a story the way it should be told.

By: Ugh

Ugh — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:38:31 +0000

And Burt Reynolds was clearly OLD AND FULL OF HIMSELF.

By: Xian

Xian — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:38:31 +0000

"He was brilliant and audacious" is more like it. Should have taken the opportunity more seriously like Travolta did Pulp Fiction (and we can all see how long he rode that particular wave of fan enthusiasm post cinematic resurrection).

By: Bruce100

Bruce100 — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:38:31 +0000

\’In Grantland\’s excellent oral history of "Boogie Nights," \’

Perhaps not the best film for an oral history, no?