I like voice-over in films, and most of my films have been voice-over films. — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
The most heinous shift in American films is that they reinforce good things like 'couples' and 'relationships.' — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
I think if you watch most of my films with the sound off, you could still tell what's going on. — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
I'm so not interested in producing, other than doing my own work, producing my own films. I only do it as favors,… — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
In the moment of making films, I want to share my observations of life, not of other films. — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
In a sense, 'Schmidt' is the most Omaha of my films. But have I gotten it right? I'm not sure. Did Fellini… — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
You look at how many years you have left, and you start to think: 'How many more films do I have in… — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
I get asked, 'How can you have such failures in your films?' Well, what else is life about? There's some sense of… — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
I spend a long time casting, but once I've cast a film there's a reason why I selected those people. So I'm hands-on in… — Alexander Payne Copy Share
I don't feel despair because I am able to make the films I want to make, and that gives me hope. — Alexander Payne Copy Share
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… — Alexander Payne Copy Share
In a general sense, to convert any short story, novel, play, or opera into a movie, you have to re-rig it. Even though they're… — Alexander Payne Copy Share
If you have your movies so that everyone understands everything, I think that's probably not a very good movie. — Alexander Payne Copy Share
I like actors who, when you see them on screen, you sense a person, not just an actor. — Alexander Payne Copy Share
If you're trying to recreate life, the life that you best know is the one you grew up with. — Alexander Payne Copy Share
I think about what movie I would like to see. I don't think of them as a correction or palliative. I certainly am irritated… — Alexander Payne Copy Share
If you were falling in love and you could go back in time and relive a day and see the banal things you did… — Alexander Payne Copy Share
Hollywood films have become a cesspool of formula and it's up to us to try to change it... I feel like a preacher! But… — Alexander Payne Copy Share
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 Copy Share
