Alexander Payne Quotes

As the years go by and I make more films, I am increasingly interested in capturing place as a vivid backdrop for my films.
Alexander Payne

Place, Interested, Films

Marketing has supplanted story as the primary force behind the worthiness of making a film, and that's a very sad thing. It's film only as a function of consumerism rather than as an important component of our culture, and that's everywhere around the world.
Alexander Payne

Sad, Important, Around

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.
Alexander Payne

Positive, Nice, Leave

A book suggests a whole world and story that I could have never thought of in a million years.
Alexander Payne

Book, Thought, Whole

A pitfall of making a comedy with a studio-and it's also an American cultural thing-is that I get tired of being encouraged to go always for laughs.
Alexander Payne

Tired, American, Making

Each one of my movies becomes easier to get off the ground.
Alexander Payne

Movies, Off, Ground

I always wanted 'Sideways' to be like a great 1960s Italian film.
Alexander Payne

Great, Wanted, Film

I definitely in filmmaking more and more find writing and directing a means to harvest material for editing. It's all about editing.
Alexander Payne

Writing, Find, Means

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

Hope, Able, Despair

I don't want all of American cinema to be big cartoons that are just made to be digested by the entire world.
Alexander Payne

Big, American, Cinema

I like actors who, when you see them on screen, you sense a person, not just an actor.
Alexander Payne

Person, Sense, Actor

I like to think of film-making not just as an act of personal self-aggrandisement but rather as an act of public service.
Alexander Payne

Service, Rather, Personal

I like voice-over in films, and most of my films have been voice-over films.
Alexander Payne

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

Love, Movies, Mean

I never wanted money worries to slow me down or make me take a job I didn't want.
Alexander Payne

Money, Job, Down

I still have energy and some degree of youth, which is what a filmmaker needs.
Alexander Payne

Energy, Youth, Needs

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.
Alexander Payne

Great, Mistakes, Idea

I think cynicism lasts. Sentimentality ages, dates quickly.
Alexander Payne

Cynicism, Dates, Lasts

I think if you watch most of my films with the sound off, you could still tell what's going on.
Alexander Payne

Tell, Off, Sound

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

Big, Three, Decent

I want all of my films to belong to me.
Alexander Payne

I'm hoping one day I can make one really good film.
Alexander Payne

Good, Film, Hoping

If you're trying to recreate life, the life that you best know is the one you grew up with.
Alexander Payne

Life, Best, Trying

In a sense, 'Schmidt' is the most Omaha of my films. But have I gotten it right? I'm not sure. Did Fellini get Rome right? Did Ozu get Tokyo right?
Alexander Payne

Sense, Sure, Films

In the moment of making films, I want to share my observations of life, not of other films.
Alexander Payne

Life, Moment, Making

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Nationality: American

Born: February 10, 1961

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