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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.
Alexander Payne
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Alexander Payne
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: February 10
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A book suggests a whole world and story that I could have never thought of in a million years.
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