"He Was Young And Full Of Himself": Burt Reynolds On Why He "Hated" Paul Thomas Anderson During 'Boogie Nights'

What happens when you bring together a Hollywood legend with a rising young director? Sometimes you get magic, and indeed, for Burt Reynolds, his turn in Paul Thomas Anderson's "Boogie Nights" might have been his last great performance. However, as the veteran actor tells it, he had a horrible time making the '70s set, porn world movie.

Doing the rounds for his memoir "But Enough About Me," Reynolds admits that he'd probably never work with Anderson again because, as he tells GQ, "Personality-wise, we didn't fit."

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"I think mostly because he was young and full of himself," he continued. "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...