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I think that Peter Jennings is the only decent one of the big three.

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Alexander Payne
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: February 10
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
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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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The better a novel is, in literary terms, the more you can't be faithful. The novel succeeds on terms exclusive to literature. A good film succeeds on terms exclusive to the cinema. That's why so many bad novels can become good movies.
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In the moment of making films, I want to share my observations of life, not of other films.
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I like voice-over in films, and most of my films have been voice-over films.
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I've always approached screenplays and so forth with, How would it really happen? Not What's the movie version? but What's the real-life version? Then I just follow my nose.
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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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If you have your movies so that everyone understands everything, I think that's probably not a very good movie.
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A lot of documentaries have been made very quickly, but I think they're like frogs in an ecosystem: They're harbingers. Film is always two or three years behind, because it takes so long to write a script, get financing, and get it made. It just takes a while. But I think it's coming. It has to.
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I always wanted 'Sideways' to be like a great 1960s Italian film.
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You just never know when you're living in a golden age.
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As the years go by and I make more films, I am increasingly interested in capturing place as a vivid backdrop for my films.
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Cinema really lends itself well to big, archetypal stories, you know, classic old stories and you need kind of a weird, big terrain like the Japanese plains for Samurai movies or the West. You need that for these giants to walk around.
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Somewhat dramatic things happen, and you don't even always notice them — that's what life is.
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Adult movies with any artistic credit are released in the last quarter of the year and expected to gird for battle for Globes and Oscars. So the films aren't being seen just for themselves, but rather in a competitive context.
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I think cynicism lasts. Sentimentality ages, dates quickly.
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It seems that our politicians see the world in black and white, so why not our artists? Did Woody Allen's 'Manhattan' have to be in black and white? No. But is it fantastic that it was? To see New York like that? Yes!
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I'm hoping one day I can make one really good film.
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When you're a houseguest and you leave, it's nice to straighten something up or send your hosts a useful gift. And when you leave the planet, it's nice to have made a positive contribution.
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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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I still have energy and some degree of youth, which is what a filmmaker needs.
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