Paul Thomas Anderson answers a question about Tom Cruise

[@PabloDraletti]

Video title should be "Paul Thomas Anderson does not answer a question about Tom Cruise"

[@TheJonnyEnglish]

Lol

[@mireilledischer3380]

Good point,well made.

[@matthewseanmclachlan]

And yet the channel is called Triggerimage... so we all kinda rick-rolled ourselves

[@jaykparikh37]

“Paul Thomas Anderson Is a brat for no reason”

[@fede018]

Because he's scared of pissing off scientology. Which fair enough. They are mob-like

[@carrion_man3700]

I think the reporter was fair. She has a point in that her viewers are unaware and asking the interview is, after all, FOR them. He just didn't want to answer, which is also fair play.

[@QuinnYouTube]

Make that information part of the question, ask something substantive

[@Nirvanist100]

Tbf, I did not know the answer. However, asking it this way (when both people know the answer) makes it feel like it's a trap, a leading question to open other controversial subjects. It would have felt much fairer to ask something like "I heard/I know you showed this film to Tom Cruise, your former collaborator and famous Scientologist. Is there anything you'd like to say about that experience?" The answer would 100% have been "No" all the same, and she could have followed with "I'm sorry, I thought it was interesting and I had to ask. Moving on...". Of course her job could just as well require being a little rude or leading, to get a reaction, so what do I know.

[@carrion_man3700]

@@Nirvanist100 Yeah, she could have approached it differently.

[@deloreanized]

Of course it was fair. I profoundly admire PTA as a film director, but here he comes as pricky. You can dismiss a question like that without having to be a cunt.

[@cinephage_diaries]

He’s annoyed because this is the question literally everyone asked during The Master press tour. You can even tell he feels bad for snapping and tries to make up for it, because he’s a genuinely nice guy. He was just fed up with the bullshit in that moment.

[@Mic1904]

No way? An interviewer asking a question, not for their own interest or knowledge, but for the purpose of informing an audience? Outrageous.

[@SimonSheets]

Yeah really, this was not that offensive

[@deengew]

oh shut the fuck up, look it up

[@Mic1904]

@@deengew Fundamentally misunderstanding how information (and interviews) works, but ok, sure.

[@exittored]

She was baiting him, he knew it and shut her down.

[@AntonQvarfordt]

Yeah but he's answered this exact same question probably 15 times already earlier that day (press junkets etc) just to have him give them the answer... I mean just in your article reference one of the others if it's something you want to highlight instead of making him a phonetic device... If you're a reporter maybe ask questions that haven't been been answered.

[@readmelancholystrumpetmaster]

Uh, I think she got him: "But my viewers don't."

[@pod9363]

I think that too lolol

[@dontpanic5278]

But clearly he doesn't want them to know. Why is he expected to tell them everything? Because he's famous?

[@readmelancholystrumpetmaster]

@@dontpanic5278 You're absolutely correct. And following that logic, he should not have agreed to an interview.

[@dontpanic5278]

@@readmelancholystrumpetmaster Interviews can be about different things though, depending on the direction that the interviewer takes. Maybe he came there thinking that he was going to talk about his movies, and not about his personal relationships.

[@readmelancholystrumpetmaster]

@@dontpanic5278 It wasn't a personal question.

[@FritzCad]

The irony of this is that Cruise blows up at a scrutinizing journalist in Magnolia.

[@TheGoodfella2012]

haha that is an odd coincidence

[@jothishprabu8]

Literally slaps her

[@lukedoyle2770]

@@jothishprabu8 No? He gets in her face and she shoves him away

[@carnolasluggs5417]

@@jothishprabu8 When literally does he slap her??

[@BrokenGodEnt]

And there's another parallel in that they're both assholes lmao

[@romilrh]

The funny part about this he knows the answer to his own question, "if you already know the answer to your question, why ask?" He knows that she's asking because her viewers don't know. So why does he need to ask why she needs to ask? Some mad irony going on.

[@random_name_was_already_taken]

And when he asked “Do you know the answer?” she said “You know I do”. So he knew that she knew the answer to the question she asked, then why did HE asked?

[@donnyscallz]

quite possibly a quintessential Magnolia Master Meta Moment. It's not going to stop until you wise up. No its not.

[@JohnFoxx108]

And when he asked “Do you know the answer?” she said “You know I do”. So he knew that she knew that he didn't hadn't asked the answer to the question she asked before he had then asked, then asking again before she had given that she knew the answer she asked before she had asked before asking so why did HE then afterwards asked?

[@maximillianosaben]

If your point is, what’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander, she still should have known better from the get go.

[@SaigonMikael]

@@JohnFoxx108 But did she really? 🤔

[@strangemarkings]

I miss PSH... the guy could play the most fragile person ever or an absolute beast and they were both brutally honest versions of himself

[@kevincampbell5785]

Agree. Yes, his absence is very hard. He was brilliant.

[@gratuitousinbliss]

@@kevincampbell5785 what yall think of licorice pizza

[@00AaOw11]

I love the part in Along Came Polly where PHS poops his pants at a party and is wallowing in shame but then plays it super cool putting on sunglasses while leaving.

[@gabrielp9646]

Im with the interviewer/reporter here. It was an interesting (and valid) question, that I wanted to know the answer to.

[@dupersuperrevolution]

You probably watch TMZ

[@paradise_valley]

He showed it to Cruise. Some of us love Cruise, some of us can’t stand him. I, personally learned to separate the art from the artist. Tom’s cool. Scientology is not (as far as we know, and it already is pretty strange regardless of your stance on this), and that’s okay. I like this question but not it’s phrasing and not the fact that it was asked press junket organized by the studios PR people. She clearly went off the usual “script” for these kind of things. And most of all this really aggressively framed question has been asked all too many times for PTA regarding this film.

[@Ccfatfat8427]

Yeah but it has nothing to do with the movie that this interview is for. It’s irrelevant and kind of rude if she already knows the answer to the question. Ask about the movie not about an actor who was in a completely different movie 14 years ago.

[@Guadeloop]

Paul and Tom are friends, the question is kind of incendiary and I respect Paul for protecting his relationship with Tom from dumb media crap

[@GiantSandles]

But she obviously knows they're friends and he's not going to want to get into it because it's private and anything he says about it will get a tonne of attention

[@LukeWeiner1]

I’d actually would have liked him to answer the question

[@PiCheZvara]

The answer is obviously "no" and if he said that, she would just follow with "why?" and would try and get some rise out of him.

[@nursen2106]

@@PiCheZvara he still should have answered and not question back. no matter, what he would have said. who saiys, he would give something away, he wouldn't. I don't understand that. 1000s of interviews just show, their are 100 ways to respnd or refuse. why make the reporter look like an a..., I have heard more stupid and provocative questions out of line. at least, I am annoyed by this question would have been enough. why spread the bad feelings. this I don't get - here in this case I mean

[@frankmerker630]

Honestly his character in Eyes Wide Shut would explain more about him today than the one in Magnolia

[@magicalwizard99]

@@PiCheZvara what do you mean "the answer is obviously 'no'"? The interviewer says: "its interesting that you would show it to him given the subject matter" because PTA did screen the movie for Tom Cruise.

[@clstuff1]

@@nursen2106 I’m thinking out loud but maybe The Master takes place there but Scientology isn’t at all the movies point, so the question annoys him. Maybe I’m playing devil’s advocate, he’s a smart guy PTA

[@johndalton3180]

Love PTA but he's wrong here. A simple "I'd rather not address this" would've been enough.

[@johndalton3180]

@Blia Yang I don't think calling PTA a hack is really accurate. If you don't like his stuff that's all good, but he doesn't fit the textbook definition of "hack."

[@popculturereference1147]

You don't sound much like an adult yourself.

[@elledy92]

@Blia Yang Ho Bon Joon? Is that the capital of Vietnam? Lol

[@MkeKen67]

@Blia Yang - You forgot to mention Jim Jarmusch, Peter Weir, and Terrence Malick.

[@sameerahmed-gx8js]

@Blia Yang i agree with nolan....he is indeed a talented filmmaker but god he is overrated.

[@sagarsaxena6318]

This was a very passive-aggressive 28 seconds.

[@javimiami92]

But very professional.

[@wrequiem1727]

@@javimiami92 Not really but sure. He straight up... in a professional matter could've said he wasn't comfortable answering this question.

[@calogerocarucci9212]

The ending is GOLD.

[@Brandon-rb4sm]

It is!!!!

[@65g4]

🤣🤣🤣 its great i love The Master

[@boisterousbillyclub2772]

I miss him. Phillip had the special flavor.

[@brabbit3389]

Gotta love PSH - RIP ‘Pig fuck has to be the greatest insult ever,

[@Polymorphable]

I feel like he added this scene because of this woman

[@beinoauph2735]

If the interviewer that is supposed to interview for others so they can see the interview knows the answer the question, she should still ask. She isn't asking for herself, this is clearly a news show or something similar, not her own video journals. He could at least have come up with a better reason

[@RED01SEA]

or just say i don't want to answer , i have made respect for the interviewer for asking this question and for sticking with its viewers

[@D1n0nlyD1v94]

She should have said "you've shown Tom the film how did that go" not "did you show him the film"

[@falkotlinghaus8967]

I don't think that's the point. I think she wanted for him make a statement about cruise's scientologysm or hoping for an outrages answer she's trying to elevate her interview by making tabloid headlines. Which I can respect but asking the director about an actor that isn't even in the movie he's there to talk about is a little scummy

[@Jarnagua]

This isn't an "interview." This is a press junket to hype the film. Questions are vetted and pre-scripted. Talking points are prepped by press agents and PR teams. When the interviewer goes off script to ask "hard" questions or things "off the table," it's a huge no-no.

[@PiCheZvara]

Nope, you're missing the point. The point is this was a simple press junket interview for Anderson's new movie, he made one movie with Cruise like 14 years prior to this, they are not friends or relatives, Cruise is known to be a nut about his religion, so why the fuck would Anderson show him the movie? It's a stupid, cheap, tabloid question aiming just to make Anderson uneasy and get something out of him that could get more views. It's bullshit, he treated it as such.

[@jjhofstra5956]

she had a perfectly acceptable explanation...

[@luke-tm3ef]

I like that she stood her ground

[@Borganov20]

Pop collector

[@Knappa22]

His reply is crap. Interviewers often know the answers to the questions they ask - they are asking the questions on behalf of their readers / viewers who don’t.

[@jacob4210]

I think she was digging for some kind of reply about Cruise and trying to find a connection that could’ve been personal to Anderson. It’s completely in Anderson’s moral right to not answer the question and to shoot down any attempt to pry into his personal relationship with Cruise, who is not directly related to the film at all. I think the interviewer could’ve assumed that the link between Anderson’s film and cruise would’ve been apparent to the fans, and I think she was just doing what interviewers do a lot of; digging for answers to questions that have no bearing on the film.

[@anonymousrex8088]

She's right and he's wrong. Celebrities get annoyed that they go on a junket and get the same question in 50 interviews from 50 outlets. But that's because it's for 50 different audiences. And because he wants to promote his movie in 50 places without leaving his chair. He chose the topic of his movie (Scientology), not her.

[@Thegbear]

Nahh, they’re both right. To be in a significant position like PTA and draw the ire of Scientologists by targeting their celebrity leader in interviews can be a highly dangerous move. Making a movie, it’s art, you can’t really sue over it given it’s a work of fiction. To outright make a statement though, that’s dangerous, and I don’t blame him for not wanting to do it. The interviewer was also in the right for pressing the question given their prior relationship. We also don’t have all of the information here, so I think this is just a reasonable interaction on both sides.

[@dungeon-wn4gw]

The topic of his movie wasn't scientology. The topic of his movie used a religion as the backdrop of the topic of the movie. The religion in The Master is merely a placeholder for religion, you can replace it with any other one you want.

[@maximillianosaben]

@@dungeon-wn4gw - Plus the movie has nothing to do with Tom Cruise either way. Asking him a question about Tom Cruise at a junket for The Master has no necessary place.

[@clanofclams2720]

@@dungeon-wn4gw ...Nah man it's totally just Scientology...

[@dungeon-wn4gw]

@@clanofclams2720 My point is that it doesn't MATTER if it's even just like it, the point went over your head

[@MatchesMalone1183]

If you work with Tom Cruise on one of your biggest movies, and then subsequently, albeit many years later, make a movie with L. Ron Hubbard in it, then you really shouldn't be annoyed and or surprised if people want to ask you about Cruise. You've brought that scrutiny on yourself.

[@Izaan2810]

That's absolutely moronic. If he doesn't want to answer, he doesn't have to answer. No one is entitled to ask anything personal about Tom Cruise from PTA. He doesn't owe you anything nor does Cruise who has not promoted Scientology in like almost 10+ years plus the fact the last time he worked with Cruise was in 1999. Plus you have to realize that PTA has denied scientology hints in The Master for some important reasons, even though both you and I know that the movie does indeed refers to Scientology to a very huge extent, I am sure that PTA doesn't wanna risk death threats, attacks and most importantly lawsuits from Scientology community.

[@MatchesMalone1183]

@@Izaan2810 I didn't say he had to answer. What he didn't have to do was act like a petulant teenager. A simple but respectful no comment would have sufficed. As for Cruise his membership and promotion of Scientology, regardless of when he was last public about it, is public knowledge because he made it so. A journalist asking a question that is in the public interest, is entirely fair game. Again though PTA can just give a no comment, but the journalist still has to ask the question. I'm not hopeful that the kind of person who starts comments with that's moronic is actually going to give me anything thoughtful back, but hey I'm bored.

[@Izaan2810]

@@MatchesMalone1183 I mean I addressed your comment immediately the way I felt it was. There should not be any problem with using that word. Some things are the way they are. Plus, she has again no right to ask that. That's a pretty personal matter and Tom Cruise and Scientology is a pretty huge debate. Just ask questions regarding the film and be done with it without bringing up something really controversial about a person, Anderson called a friend. Anderson wasn't even close as harsh as big of a deal you are making it about. Dude didn't even raise his voice, shut down the question and reverted back to answering the questions like he did before this one.

[@tarantinoish]

@@MatchesMalone1183 Why should he have to “respectfully” say no comment when she is disrespectfully trying to ask him a leading question.

[@MatchesMalone1183]

@@Izaan2810 A journalist asking about a controversial issue, imagine. Cruise is one of the elites of a cult. If a journalist can't ask a director about working with said actor in the cult, given that he then went on to make a film about the cults founder, then what the fuck is the point of her even interviewing him. If you can't understand that it was an entirely relevant and obvious question for her to ask, was in the public interest etc, then you are the moron. It's not like she's asking him about a child of his that died for example, or his personal health, or the health of a family member. That's what I would call personal. Asking him about an actor he worked with, who's in a cult, and publicly known to be so, is not a personal question. Again if he didn't want questions about working with Cruise, then don't make a movie about the cult that he's in, it's very simple. Oh and Cruise and Scientology is not a "debate", again he's an elite in a literal cult, it's that simple. Her not asking that question would comparable to her not asking him about a person he worked with who was in a grooming gang, after he made a movie about a grooming gang, because she didn't want to be "impolite" and upset him.

[@Tommyinoz1971]

I'm a viewer and I still don't know the answer.

[@mja1569]

he showed the movie to tom but he said in another interview that it wasn't his place to say what TC thought of it.

[@wildbillstanton]

@@mja1569lol 😂 great answer to that non answer which got it answered ✔️

[@deengew]

use google you boomer

[@somniansvulpes]

Calm down Nick

[@nursen2106]

@@deengew somebody has the perfect name for you too

[@frankhalbiger6007]

I respect PTA, I love his films, but I respect this interviewer. Scientology is weird...they make people disappear and use the law and their religious designation in an unethical way, and Tom Cruise gives them a lot of clout. It’s a good question she asks, it’s fair and it’s what people want to know. PTA probably has to retain his Hollywood rep, so he has to get defensive when they try to tarnish Cruise.

[@LKeet6]

so ask tom cruise about it...

[@wrequiem1727]

@@LKeet6 ...Who is she currently interviewing in the video you just watched. (I can use 3 periods as well)

[@LKeet6]

@@wrequiem1727 you can use ellipses (that's what they're called) wrongly, so well done for that. You're going to have to explain your point to me, it was too clever for me.

[@krishshautriya4061]

She should ask questions about the movie, not if he showed it to an actor he worked with several movies ago.

[@wrequiem1727]

@@LKeet6 ...I'm not explaining shit to you

[@judekristo]

You know what’s funny to me is I’ve seen a linger cut of this clip and I recall the comments sections being completely outraged by the journalist… and in this one everyone seems to be saying: ‘she’s just doing her job.’ Context: not only does she know the answer, she knows he’s been asked this question and already not answered and, importantly, she knew he didn’t want to talk about it as it was previously discussed that it was one of the few things he would not talk about (despite other junket journalists chiming in and trying ti get an answer) that’s why he’s short with her. There’s doing your job and then there’s digging dirt people.

[@nolanmerchan5095]

Thanks for clarifying. If she already knew he didn't want to answer, she shouldn't have bothered. Unless she just wanted to get a rise out of him, which is unnecessary and unprofessional.

[@bfcalhoun57]

As Jerry Seinfeld might say, “Boy! Those movie directors about Scientology can sure be sensitive!”

[@DavidHRyall]

I literally heard Jerry's voice in my head as I read this 😆

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

I don’t even know L Ron Hubbard!!!!

[@nvf2904]

You would have thought he would just remain quiet for a long time and quietly judge her until their time run off.

[@oldbrownshoe52]

I mean, I like his movies but she did say her viewers don’t know. Hahah

[@Roper122]

Well ask a different question, because she knew. If her viewers don't know its because she's not telling them, because she thought this would be better. - It wasn't.

[@stevennieto9898]

Yeah he seemed like a pompous ass here.

[@AllThatJuice-]

Yah

[@comfykeegs]

Erroneous on all counts

[@nursen2106]

@@Roper122 you think too complicated. this is not how interviews work and this is not how public relations work. this was not a cheesy talk show. so why welcome this passive aggressive - pseudo response???

[@JimONeill]

The first rule of Cult Club: is you don't talk about Tom Cruise. The second rule of Cult Club: is you don't talk about Tom Cruise.

[@francibrasilis]

Meanwhile, I still don't know the answer. I had never thought about it, now I'm curious. Damn you Internet!

[@CalebKepleyMusic]

Tom cruise has seen it and they are still frienda

[@yommish]

Props to the interviewer, brave question

[@thosediamonddreams]

Nice to see actual journalism on here. This lady rules and her answer was perfect.

[@oophorror2251]

She’s a clout chaser. She’s an entertainment reporter. It’s meant to be a fluff promo interview and she’s trying to get a viral moment by asking a question that will hurt his relationship with someone he considers a friend.

[@petermj1098]

@@oophorror2251The Master is about Scientology and Tom Cruise is a huge Scientologist.

[@mundaneallaround]

I wish more people were this direct.

[@DavidRothsteinMusic]

“HE CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH!”

[@divyanshsati1116]

Hahaha classic!

[@mja1569]

by the way pta did showed the master to tom cruise. he said he showed him the movie but it wasn't his place to share what tom thought of it.

[@thereccher8746]

I love this man's film but this response made me lose a lot of respect for him, especially when it comes to my perception of how smart he is. Him asking if she knows the answer is obviously a stupid thing to ask, because she's asking for the audience's knowledge, not her own.

[@theyshouldhavenevergivenme5439]

She'a not asking for the audience but for the advertisers. Besides it's non of peoples business anyway. Then there is the issue of talking about your films or talking about some actors personal life. Pathologically curious and intellectually boring people like you are the real problem.

[@Learned_English_Dog]

I remember this press tour. I was living in Australia at the time, even saw him do a post-screening Q&A in Melbourne where it took him an hour and several glasses of alcohol to loosen up and answer any questions generously. I have to say he was super irritable for the entire tour, very clearly unhappy about having to talk to people in the first place. Being away from his kids was maybe getting to him? I can only speculate. Artists aren't dancing monkeys of course - feel bad for him, but also the people he was unduly dismissive of.

[@theyshouldhavenevergivenme5439]

@@Learned_English_Dog I can see how a press tour to a bunch of lazy journalist would get to you. Not every artist likes press tours but some love the ego bath. Entertainment Journalists are some of the most irritating people on the planet. Kubrick never did it. Jarmush doesn't like it. Malick doesn't do it. Lynch hates it I could go on.. why does everything someone does have to be curdious and 'positive' anyway. Art should stand on its own. Maybe he truly hates these people? More power to him.

[@gavinhebert27]

@@theyshouldhavenevergivenme5439 I agree. It’s an inappropriate question about a personal and touchy subject matter. All he’s trying to do is sell his movie. If he wanted to speak on it, he would have.

[@whatevershebrings]

I think the one thing that is perfectly *clear* is that the director is letting the Bolivian marching powder speak for him in this instance.

[@ct6852]

Woah I never even considered that he made that movie because of Tom Cruise. But now I do.

[@TheEternalOuroboros]

What was this reporter doing wrong? Why does her knowing the answer matter? The interview is not for her knowledge, but for her audience.

[@ShinyFlakesShinyFlakes]

He had to show Tom because Tom has to give his approval on behalf of the top Scientologists are else PTA couldn’t release it

[@ethancooney3331]

Anybody else still wondering if he showed Tom Cruise the movie?

[@johncheever4763]

She says he did in the clip you just watched. Pick fuck!

[@maxhalley]

@@johncheever4763 it's "Pig" fuck

[@tomschmitz5745]

@huawei thirteenmegapixel EXACTLY! no way, now how could any scientologist see this movie and not see the similarities, unless they are indeed that stupid and that brainwashed or that morally and ethically corrupt that perhaps cruise is! cruise if he any sense and integrity, should have LITERALLY ran out of the screening room and left scientology that day! OH WAIT, I FORGOT the leader his bestest buddy has his minions kiss tom cruise ass 24/7 for over 3 decades now... so who cares what scientology really is and how it is with EVERYONE ELSE! "it works for me!"..

[@juanvaladez5703]

@Tweeter And The Monkey Man this is what we call bury your head in the sand syndrome

[@mickeyrube6623]

@@tomschmitz5745 He didn't show it to Tom to show him that Scientology is a cult. Tom knew what the movie was about. He had to show it to him to get Tom's approval. Anderson had to make sure that the film was ambiguous enough are else Tom and Scientology would end his career. That's why he doesn't wanna talk about it. Who wants to talk about how the are a bitch of the Hollywood Elite?

[@khamsinbroodingaudiojourna8867]

I’m a bit surprised that this was uploaded in 2013 yet the comments are 3 days to a month ago.

[@linusmaximilian6568]

True

[@georgeprice5922]

Yo Paul mate you know tv isn’t set up just cause interviewers are actually interested in you Why put a twist in your movie if you already know what happens? Cause it’s for the audience Paul

[@LKeet6]

why should he have to answer questions about an actor who's not even in the film he's there to advertise? He's not a fucking politician or journalist or something, he's there to advertise his film...

[@kassiogomes8498]

@@LKeet6 he talking about his answer. Not the fact the didn't want to answer

[@gigantisaurusrex6647]

As an interviewer, if you know the answer to a question but want to convey that information to an audience that doesn't, you can include that information in the lead-up to your question and use it as a way to get more information. For instance: "You directed Tom Cruise in 'Magnolia', one of your previous films, he is, of course, a very famous Scientologist. I understand that you've shown him this film. What was his reaction, given the subject matter?" And for everyone saying that he was rude in the way he responded, look at the way she responds to his question first. PTA: Do you know the answer to this question? Interviewer: You know I do. She is also frustrated with being asked a question that she knows he knows the answer to and gives a passive aggressive response.

[@larrylovestein4927]

She's not asking the question for her "audience", she's fishing for gossip/controversy

[@Pantano63]

You can't prove that. Interviews are meant for many people so being secretive is of course his right but he had answered that very question in other interviews without issues. I think he just disliked that woman lol

[@larrylovestein4927]

@@Pantano63 you can't really disprove it though....she's a showbiz "journalist" essentially anyone in that line of work is just trying to find gossip to spread

[@Pantano63]

@@larrylovestein4927 Are you American? Because interviews in the UK tend to be like this. About hard questions rather than throwing softballs or arselicking. It's always Americans who get all angry in UK interviews. Ben Shapiro, Quentin Tarantino, and even PTA now. Cultural shock, I guess.

[@kassiogomes8498]

Her audience wants gossip and controversy. Everyone wants that. If he didn't want it than he shouldn't make a controversial movie.

[@NxDoyle]

The question isn't "Have you?" It's, "You have, what was the reaction?"

[@PotBanginEejit]

"Do you think it fair for the person asking the question to also provide the answer?"

[@justinjustinjustin10]

Not the boss move he thinks it is. Shows he’s too cowardly to confront the situation

[@Chrisratata]

Fair question, and fair reason for asking it. I just find it weird that she didn't follow it up with asking him to talk about it more. What'd Tom Cruise think? How did you feel about his reaction to it?, etc

[@jacob4210]

The movie is not about Tom Cruise. The movie is not about Anderson’s relationship with Tom Cruise. The reporter was trying to make something out of nothing; the only links here are that the movie is about a Scientology-like cult, and that Tom cruise who is Anderson’s friend is a Scientologist. What answer could come out of the question? Was Anderson influenced by specifically Cruise’s Scientology? More likely is that he was influenced by Scientology in general and Cruise has nothing to do with it. Maybe Anderson’s relationship with Cruise caused him to think about Scientology, but that still has zero bearing. The reporter mentioned Cruise because he’s famous and no other reason.

[@spinecraft1356]

I haven't seen the full interview but I get the impression PTA wouldn't have responded that way unless he felt she had been somehow rude or condescending elsewhere in the interview (again, I'm lacking context here). Then again, he could have just been really effing tired of hearing the same rote question interview after interview.

[@FORBIDCharlie1986]

Silence is compliance. Scientology doesn't belong in 2024 or any other year for that matter.

[@Autonova]

Heaven forbid a journalist actually asking an interesting question about what happens behind the scenes in Hollywood

[@JayceBroda]

She was 100% on point.

[@ibakan]

PTA likely had her agree not to ask scientolology or Tom Cruise related questions and she did it anyway. He addressed this in a Today show interview and was clearly being really political in his reply. Said Tom liked it and that they had a good discussion.

[@donnyscallz]

I have actually called somene a "pigf*%j#r " once myself and it was a laugh riot.

[@frankenviews4069]

She asked so her viewers can hear it from him, so it would be taken as truth and not speculation.

[@rc....]

She had a very valid point.

[@Lindox]

lmao how the hell did that fit so well

[@JoeyXSmith]

I feel sorry for the interviewer here. I'm glad she stood her ground at the end.

[@Tim21189]

I don’t see anything wrong with the question. Tom Cruise is an outspoken Scientologist. PTA had just made a film that completely shreds L. Ron Hubbard, and Scientology. If Tom Cruise had watched it, it would be very interesting to learn about his reaction to it.

[@MrMike9898]

I'd say they're both right in their stances, but Tom Cruise doesn't really have anything to do with this film. It's like asking Chris Nolan if he's shown Dunkirk to veterans. A little bit of trivia that really makes no difference, except more awkward in this situation.

[@chillsunghyun]

Yeah u r right but people want to know and like to talk about such things, gossips. And she is just doing her job.

[@space_1073]

To be fair, interviews aren't for the interviewer to find out the answers to questions, it's for the people watching. PTA got a little too defensive here lol

[@PiCheZvara]

It was a bait and he knew it. If he answered "no", she would ask "why?" to which he would have to try and come up with yet another response. It's a stupid, cheap tabloid question, because it's not like Anderson and Cruise are some great friends, they made one movie together and that's it. Why would Anderson even bother showing Cruise this film unless he wanted to piss him off? Just a pointless question and Anderson was IMO right in treating it as such.

[@mjaada]

"Why would Anderson even bother showing Cruise this film unless he wanted to piss him off?" But Paul DID show The Master to Cruise, so I guess she was right that her audience (you in this case) don't know that

[@PiCheZvara]

@@mjaada Hm. True, my bad. I never figured it could even be a possibility. Then I guess Anderson was very let's say politically savvy about the whole deal. He simply wanted to kiss Cruise's ass so he doesn't get himself into trouble in Hollywood. His response makes even more sense like this, because if he answered "yes" and she asked "why?", he really would be in a corner, because it would be obvious he simply seeked scientologists' approval of the movie despite the fact Anderson never I think openly admitted the movie is about scientology (although it's kinda obvious).

[@nursen2106]

wow. so what? whe askes why and he is still unprepaired for that? I think, he just doesn't like to deal with people, when he is in his own world. he just shouldn't give interviews then. that is just no good

[@kassiogomes8498]

Please delete you comment or edit. You are misinforming people.

[@PiCheZvara]

@@kassiogomes8498 LOL, I admitted my mistake in the comments. And judging by the whopping 10 upvotes I got, I'd say I'm not misinforming too many people, in fact almost no one. But good that we have a watchful guardian like you to keep things in check and proper over here in KZbin land.

[@thegrimyeaper]

Reminds me of when Larry King asked Seinfeld about the show being cancelled.

[@nysguy07]

Not really, totally different.

[@thegrimyeaper]

@@nysguy07 No, it really did remind me of that.

[@whyl9313]

People don't seem to understand that the fact that viewers may not know the answer is irrelevant. She already knew that he had shown Cruise the movie, that information can be delivered to viewers in a multitude of ways. But, she was fully aware that this would be a touchy subject for Paul. The question wasn't actually about the question, it was about getting a reaction out of him. That's why she's in the wrong. Similarly to the famous Tarantino interviews, the questions are not at all about "journalism".

[@1998Cebola]

If he was so sensitive about offending his friends, maybe he should’ve considered that before making the film.

[@whyl9313]

@@1998Cebola Come on bro, that's such an over-simplification. You think "he shouldn't have made the movie because Tom Cruise" is a legitimately sound thought process? He wasn't worried about offending his friends, he clearly wasn't since he screened the movie for Cruise himself. It's a straight-up dick move to ask questions that you know are gonna upset the interviewee, doubly so when you factor in the fact that it was already public knowledge that he showed Cruise the movie. There are plenty of articles that go into detail about it. She was literally just asking a pointless question in hopes that it would piss him off.

[@taliamason7986]

Tarantino has every right to be pissed off everytime some complete a hole unnecessarily asks him about his use of ultra violence in his films and why he loves it when he has answered it numerous times for many years.

[@anotherrealm6176]

Seymour Hoffman such a powerful actor man. RIP

[@WillFlyTheLightingGuy]

Because whether the interviewer knows the answer is irrelevant; they’re asking for the benefit of their audience.

[@drparnassus2867]

This was the sixth movie Anderson had made and then promoted. I'm surprised he didn't know by then how broadcast interviews work.

[@theyshouldhavenevergivenme5439]

The arrogance and ignorance is dripping from your comment. He doesn't owe anyone anything you entitled doofus.

[@samgilley3160]

@@theyshouldhavenevergivenme5439 The arrogance and ignorance is dripping from pta himself

[@kassiogomes8498]

@@theyshouldhavenevergivenme5439 he owns respect

[@theyshouldhavenevergivenme5439]

@@kassiogomes8498 He certainly does not - he 'owes' nobody nothing, nor does he take it away from anyone. Your illusions about respect is showing. Respect can only be lost, not owned or won.

[@staomruel]

So, you've shown this movie to Tom Cruise. What was your reason to do that?

[@user-tv1kw4wl7t]

Under the surface there's boiling anger.

[@henrik5284]

I think the journalist breaks the agreement they had about the interview, about what to talk about and what not to talk about. So when PTA says you know the answer to that question, it's because the answer is "you're breaking the interview agreement with this question so I will not answer it"

[@nealrutgerskid]

Am I the only one who thought from viewing the thumbnail that the person might have been Noel Gallagher?

[@mukeshkhanal2964]

I see people taking PTA's side on this issue here. But, the reporter is correct. She knows the answer but her viewers don't. It's a fair question. Fame and riches have got into PTA's head. He is being a jerk here.

[@DrakeBrunette]

The Reporter is in the right here. It is her job to ask questions that her viewers might want to ask themselves. It's no secret that Scientology is a Cult and that Cruise is its most well known member. And "The Master" is a film that obviously draws many parallels to that Cult. All Anderson had to say was "I'd prefer not to answer that question". If she persisted in that line of questioning then he could've fired back. As it stands, he was rude and oversensitive here in my opinion.

[@redadamearth]

She's asking for salacious reasons that have nothing to do with the film, itself - it's pure gossip relating to Cruise and Scientology so she can get a headline quote on her interview about PTA talking about Tom Cruise, to get clicks. PTA knows this and shut her down, as he should have. It was a press-round-up interview about the film - not about Tom Cruise.

[@DrakeBrunette]

@@redadamearth you’re misusing the term “salacious” which has to do with interest in sexual matters… Either way, it’s literally her job as an Interviewer to ask questions. Now… PTA made a movie about a cult. He also has a relationship with a famous person within a cult. It’s entirely appropriate to ask whether or not that relationship helped to inform his creative process and the direction he wanted to take the film in. But Anderson (much like yourself) assumed their was negative intention behind the question. If there is reasonable doubt behind someone’s intentions then it’s your personal responsibility to inquire as such before proceeding to judgmental anger or frustration. Jumping to conclusions and assuming there was ill intent is not productive. PTA was in the wrong here. I’m not saying that makes him a bad person. Clearly you were also quick to assume things and I’m not inclined to think that makes you a bad person either.

[@nivaneh1010]

I mean she’s right, she doesn’t give a fuck at the end of the day she’s up there with a job and her job is to get answers out for any viewers, she’s not interviewing him for her personal sake.

[@timlynch5710]

Irritability is a common side affect of cocaine use.

[@redadamearth]

A lot of people here don't seem to understand what this was. She's asking for salacious reasons that have nothing to do with the film, itself - it's pure gossip relating to Cruise and Scientology so she can get a headline quote on her interview about PTA talking about Tom Cruise, to get clicks. PTA knows this and shut her down, as he should have. It was a press-round-up interview about the film - each "reporter" had about 5 minutes with PTA on "The Master" - her question was not about the movie, about making it or anything about it - and PTA has gotten that SAME QUESTION for literally DOZENS of interviewers, repeatedly - at this point, he was just sick of it, as she was being self-serving to get a headline for herself and wasn't interested in the actual movie - it was a GOSSIP question and her time was supposed to be about the movie - not about Tom Cruise. PTA's personal relationship with Tom Cruise had nothing to do with why any of the reporters were there. It's a private thing and she was trying to promote herself with a gossip question. It was shallow and irrelevant. There are reporters who are genuinely interested in filmmaking and the movie they're interviewing a filmmaker about and then there are self-serving glorified gossip columnists and she basically revealed to PTA that all she cares about is gossip. He was right to shut her down.

[@brentandrew2419]

So what was the answer? He clearly should've told us!

[@AnthonyMonaghan]

Why so touchy?

[@Andre-kg6fu]

He'd show to Tom Cruise how? Like exclusively in a closed club members meeting?

[@CesarM780]

They show to their friends before it is released, it's common

[@Andre-kg6fu]

@CesarM780 You think PTA is friends with Tom Cruise? I don't see how that's possible.

[@CesarM780]

@@Andre-kg6fu it's possible, they made a movie together

[@AndrewHunterMusic]

She was digging for dirt. Not journalism, not intelligent film critique: just gossip. It’s the bullshit shallow way she approached it that he didn’t like. Had she been more honest and respectful he would’ve responded differently.

[@matt00794]

I’m seeing a lot of people annoyed with him and I think some missing context is needed. The master isn’t about Scientology yet this interviewer and a lot of critics went in thinking it was. So obviously it’s annoying when the whole interview isn’t about the movie you made and are trying to promote.

[@JasonVoorhees10100]

Yeaaaaa but its heavily inspired by it. Dodd is Ron Hubbard and the movie questions his group as a cult. Its directly commenting on scientology even being in accordance to the timeline that hubbards book was released and his group started after ww2. You can see why this would upset tom cruise

[@tallyholightguy5353]

The ending to this video was great

[@SudhirKumar-lm6jy]

If she knows the answer let her say it to her viewers. Why ask a question that she knows he doesn't want to answer.

[@funguy29]

So did he ?

[@buddy_3899]

Why don’t she tell us?

[@Nicotine46]

So did he show it to Tom Cruise or not?

[@pinkzeppelin8456]

yes

[@RED01SEA]

@@pinkzeppelin8456 and what was the reaction ?

[@peaterrepeater4441]

I still don’t know the answer

[@AlejandroOteroMusic]

Is it really that hard to write Paul Thomas Anderson instead of PTA like it's some kind of hard to pronounce disease name?

[@LiquidArmProduction]

I didn't know what people meant for a second lol

[@ohwhye]

Ohhh, his initials are PTA! I was so puzzled by the parent teacher association jokes going over my head...

[@kassiogomes8498]

Everyone calls him pta

[@exittored]

Interviewer was baiting Anderson by asking that, he knew it and shut her down very quickly.

[@mehdirajabpour3031]

The question was absolutely fair. she's not asking those questions for her own knowledge it's because the audience want to know.

[@maximchernyshov7754]

Everybody snaps sometimes. Maybe this question and that everybody wanted to know the answer annoyed him. And what's stopping her telling the answer she already knows after the interview directly to viewers, or doing something similar?

[@vincevirtua]

I didn't realise PTA could be a bit of a prick. She asked a legit question that most of her viewers probably wanted to know.

[@april3945]

yeah...but I mean there's so much controversy around that so I get not wanting to talk about it and risk getting targeted even more by the cult lmaooo. still kinda dickish

[@firstlast9846]

When you already know the answer - - But try to push it for Exposure and to get a good scoop - - It’s gonna piss people off

[@agmor1]

I read a book in which PTA called studio head Michael De Luca and tell him to take another filmmaker's dick out of his mouth. He's always had an ego.

[@karenkk7881]

he wasnt being a prick at all. he just said that its private and doesnt want the public to know.

[@karenkk7881]

@@agmor1 wtf that is not a weird or offensve thing

[@Andre-kg6fu]

Weird... The Church couldn't cough up a few bucks for Tom Cruise to buy a movie ticket or a DVD? 🍿

[@leonardoyramm1856]

To be fair, I am part of the audience. I dont know what she's asking to him... so it's completely fair to ask, and it's also fair if he doesn't want to answer.

[@qy72hund]

This is quite rare. Interviewer asks a question, and Paul shows he's not comfortable answering it. They move on. I check the comments for some drama, and no one is really bashing either side. Respect.

[@hectorgodoy-torres3457]

I think it’s evident that The Master is also PTA critiquing parts of his own character. That’s no hypocrisy, just a really honest artist. This happens quite often, that a writers own flaws show up in a “villain”. In the making of Magnolia there is a scene where PTA say’s how he designed the billboard for the film himself, then William H Macy starts roasting him for claiming he does everything. It sounds just like the scene where Dodd says “… I am many things, writer, doctor, a nuclear physicist… etc”

[@Andre-kg6fu]

Interesting. Sounds like a sort of a conflict. Has Macy been in any other of Paul's movies? Can't think of one... Otherwise, a bit of a stretch, I think. Creation embodies a creator, normally, but still... Not gonna research that Scientology guy, but people generally have commonalities, so there's that. 🧬

[@gdobservation]

Just a glimpse into the charming personalities of Hollywood.

[@daveminion6209]

pta should have just said 'pig fk' and walked out the interview. but pta is a better man and im just some random yt commenter.

[@boringbill88]

Paul enjoying the nose candy

[@francibrasilis]

Fiona Apple tells that she spend an evening with QT and PTA and they were so obnoxious she decided never to take cocaine.

[@LM01234]

What IS the answer to this?

[@KushagraaDubeyy]

SHE WAS FAIR but the bookending of the video with the HOFFMAN CHARACTER yelling, is PAUL’s answer so he didn’t want to repeat himself in words.

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

Well that was an asshole thing to say, Paul! 😂

[@RBGRBGRBGRBG]

He may have framed it in a strange way but the point was to nip the whole line of questioning associated with that question in the bud. It’s not that he didn’t want to answer a straight yes or no (which I’m sure he’d done at some point btw), it was that he knew if he answered it, that would open up the floodgates of questions like: ‘what did Tom think about it?’ Or ‘how did that affect your relationship’? Which PTA considered personal and would not have wanted to answer (for obvious reasons).

[@rlh1984]

That’s not an unreasonable question.