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

~Alexander Payne

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Life mixes tones all the time.

~Alexander Payne

Topics: Life Time Tones

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The kindest thing a director can do is look with open eyes at everything.

~Alexander Payne

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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.

~Alexander Payne

Topics: Contribution Gift Hosts Leave Made Nice Planet Positive Send Something Straighten Up Useful You Your

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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.

~Alexander Payne

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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.

~Alexander Payne

Topics: Books Die Dying Even Going Least Lot Movies Read See Squeeze Still Travelling Want Years Young

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I guess maybe I try to make movies that are closer to real life than are many Hollywood movies. But I still try to stay within a commercial narrative, a contemporary American vernacular.

~Alexander Payne

Topics: American Closer Commercial Contemporary Guess Hollywood Hollywood Movies Life Make Many Maybe Movies Narrative Real Real Life Stay Still Than Try Vernacular Within

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

~Alexander Payne

Topics: Always Film Great Italian Like Sideways Wanted 1960S

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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, like 'Jaws' or 'The Godfather.'

~Alexander Payne

Topics: Bad Become Cinema Exclusive Film Godfather Good Good Film Good Movies Jaws Like Literature Many Movies Novel Novels Succeeds Terms Why

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

~Alexander Payne

Topics: Becomes Each Each One Easier Get Ground Movies Off

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: February 10th, 1961

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