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I don't feel despair because I am able to make the films I want to make, and that gives me hope.

Alexander Payne

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Alexander Payne
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: February 10
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Writer
Omaha
Nebraska
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My flag is always flying. My shingle is always out. I'm always looking for movie ideas. The hardest part of this whole movie-making endeavor is finding ideas. That's the real goal.
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Hollywood films have become a cesspool of formula and it's up to us to try to change it... I feel like a preacher! But it's really true. I feel personally responsible for the future of American cinema. Me personally.
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The biggest fear I have is to die with regrets, and of course that will come true.
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The worst thing for people to say about your movies is, Yeah, it was pretty good, but it was too damn long..
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Forgiving yourself may be for many people, at least for myself, extremely difficult. And then in a larger context, I will say that I'm constantly astonished by those who pray daily, Forgive me my sins as I forgive those who sin against me, and beat very loudly the war drum.
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That's how I like to do it with actors, have them really go for it and I'll tell them when it's too much. It's always easier to bring it back then to push it further.
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The best cinema is about ethics.
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Each one of my movies becomes easier to get off the ground.
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I think if you watch most of my films with the sound off, you could still tell what's going on.
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Joe E. Lewis said, 'Money doesn't buy happiness but it calms the nerves.' And that is how I feel about a film being well-received.
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I always wanted 'Sideways' to be like a great 1960s Italian film.
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If you have your movies so that everyone understands everything, I think that's probably not a very good movie.
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I think that Peter Jennings is the only decent one of the big three.
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Just because I make films doesn't mean I think they're great. I just make them and then when I'm done with them I'm just a filmgoer like I always am. They're all lessons. I'm still in film school, honestly. And this one is just a dry run for whatever the next one is.
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The actors are the greatest executors of tone in a film. They're the most important cinematic component.
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But it's just that the whole country is making generally lousy films these days and has been for quite a while. That's the big problem that we all have to think about.
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