In the moment of making films, I want to share my observations of life, not of other films. — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
Well, that's what life is - this collection of extraordinarily ordinary moments. We just need to pay attention to them all. Wake… — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
In a general sense, to convert any short story, novel, play, or opera into a movie, you have to re-rig it. Even… — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
If you were falling in love and you could go back in time and relive a day and see the banal things… — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
Hollywood films have become a cesspool of formula and it's up to us to try to change it... I feel like a… — 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… — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
They say you can do honest, sincere work for decades, but you're given in general a 10-year period when what you do… — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
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… — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
The thing is, right now the films don't need to be overtly political to be about our times. We also need films… — 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
