Punch-Drunk Love

“Punch-Drunk Love. It was one of the movies– so I actually didn’t get to watch a lot of movies in high school and middle school because my parents were really strict. So then I went to NYU and every film boy ever showed me a bunch of movies. Thank you to them. But someone showed me this movie. I was already a fan of Adam Sandler and how funny he is. In this movie he’s, like, tortured by his Sisters. I just love Adam Sandler and I think he’s so incredible in it.”

“There’s a certain group of movies that I’ve watched, like, a hundred times. And Punch-Drunk Love is on that list. And I would name Happy Gilmore or Big Daddy if they were in this closet. Anyway… Punch-Drunk Love. We’ve got Adam Sandler, Philip Seymour Hoffman. I could quote this one too actually. “I’ve so much… I’ve so much strength inside me, you have no idea. I have a love in my life that makes me stronger than anything you could ever know. I would say that’s that, Mr. Mattress Man.” Classic.”

“Yeah, Punch-Drunk Love. Okay, boom. This movie and all the work of Paul Thomas Anderson. I mean, I feel like I'm speaking on behalf of so many people when I talk about him. Paul, if you're watching this, I'm in the long list of people who would love to have lunch with you because of this movie and everything else you've made. What a fun, dark, revelational... This is a movie about finding love against all odds. I love it.”

“Punch-Drunk Love. Paul Thomas Anderson, thank you brother for putting me in some of the most genuine, beautiful movies that you have done. The thing about Punch-Drunk Love, it was the first time that I met Adam Sandler. After five minutes you forget that it's Adam Sandler because you get into this guy Barry and his like six Sisters and you just feel for him. We became brothers. What a great movie, what great performances. Philip Seymour Hoffman, thank you brother.”

“Punch-Drunk Love being one I'm gonna grab soon. Punch-Drunk Love and who doesn't love Paul Thomas Anderson? I think one of our finest American filmmakers. A really sort of simple and sweet and poetic movie. One of the things that makes the movie so great is the score of this film, which was done by Jon Brion, who's a real artist. He also did Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, a brilliant composer. I also got to collaborate on with this film.”

“Punch-Drunk Love, Paul Thomas Anderson. This is, I think it's in my top 5 movies of all time. I'm friends with Gary Rydstrom who was the sound designer on this... I love hearing things like that where the filmmakers are kind of thinking about ideas and expressing ideas that are kind of outside the bounds of the film itself.”

“Punch-Drunk Love, specifically for the phone call that Philip Seymour Hoffman makes. It blew my mind. He is my favorite actor of all time. It’s also got Shelley Duvall singing on the soundtrack, who I love and feel an affinity to. And Olive Oyl in Popeye, the 'He Needs Me' song, genius use of it.”

“Punch-Drunk Love. Probably my favorite film of all time. I watched it recently at home and I actually had to, like, pause it for a moment just to look at the sky for... For a while to relax. It was pretty intense. So yeah, it’s still working for me really strongly.”

“Somebody told me that Punch-Drunk Love, I heard a theory that it's actually the story of Superman.”

“Oh, you have another one of my movies. Wow, Punch-Drunk Love. It was our beautiful musical—not musical—beautiful love story. We were kind of influenced a little tiny bit by Godard films in making this, and it's just sweet. I highly recommend you see this if you get a chance.”