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The kindest thing a director can do is look with open eyes at everything.
Alexander Payne
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Alexander Payne
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: February 10
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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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I definitely in filmmaking more and more find writing and directing a means to harvest material for editing. It's all about editing.
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A lot of people get stuck, like, Oh, if it's made by a studio, it can't be independent. Often they link it to the source of financing, or how it's distributed, but I don't really know how you can. A filmmaker will take his money from anywhere. It doesn't matter.
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Acting is a lot easier than people think it is.
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My editor and I remain very disciplined. It's just sometimes when you're making a film, you get into the cutting room and you see a scene that's slowing you down in a certain section, but if you remove that scene then, emotionally or story-wise, another scene a half-hour later won't have the same impact. You just get stuck with it.
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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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I still have energy and some degree of youth, which is what a filmmaker needs.
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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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In real life, I myself am kind of a rambling guy. I like to travel.
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When I'm introduced as a two-time Oscar winner, I'm happy that a film of mine has found an audience and some acclaim because that keeps me in business. A filmmaker's greatest concern is the ability to make future films, so it helps keep me in business.
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I like to think of film-making not just as an act of personal self-aggrandisement but rather as an act of public service.
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Even if we die at 100, we're still dying young. I want at least 700 years. There's a lot of travelling and books to read and movies to see. I'm not going to squeeze it all in in 85 years.
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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..
Alexander Payne
I like voice-over in films, and most of my films have been voice-over films.
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I'm attracted to short screenplays. Nobody really wants a film to be over two hours, or at least I don't.
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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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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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I think a badly crafted, great idea for a new film with a ton of spelling mistakes is just 100 times better than a well-crafted stale script.
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Each one of my movies becomes easier to get off the ground.
Alexander Payne
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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