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I mean, look, I love movies, not just the ones I make... In fact, I don't like the movies I make very much.

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Alexander Payne
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: February 10
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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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This is how good movies get made and always have: from the gut instinct of the financiers, not just by committee and research.
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