--- title: "Best Film Quotes by Alexander Payne" description: "57 Film quotes by Alexander Payne. Plus more from Alexander Payne and more Film sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/521/alexander-payne-5223_degrees_i-still-have-energy-and-some-degree-of-y_2942210.png" --- > [I still have energy and some degree of youth, which is what a filmmaker needs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-payne/i-still-have-energy-and-some-degree-of-youth-which-is-what-a/) [Alexander Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-payne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/521/alexander-payne-5223_degrees_i-still-have-energy-and-some-degree-of-y_2942210.png) > [I'm attracted to short screenplays. Nobody really wants a film to be over two hours, or at least I don't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-payne/i-m-attracted-to-short-screenplays-nobody-really-wants-a-film-to-be/) [Alexander Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-payne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/379/alexander-payne-5223_cinema_i-m-attracted-to-short-screenplays-nobod_3005097.png) > [When you watch a movie, you don't want to feel like a machine made it. You want to feel a soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-payne/when-you-watch-a-movie-you-don-t-want-to-feel-like-a-machine-made-it/) [Alexander Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-payne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7b/alexander-payne-5223_computers_when-you-watch-a-movie-you-don-t-want-to_2321301.png) > [I think if you watch most of my films with the sound off, you could still tell what's going on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-payne/i-think-if-you-watch-most-of-my-films-with-the-sound-off-you-could/) [Alexander Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-payne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20c/alexander-payne-5223_cinema_i-think-if-you-watch-most-of-my-films-wi_2018276.png) > [The most heinous shift in American films is that they reinforce good things like 'couples' and 'relationships.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-payne/the-most-heinous-shift-in-american-films-is-that-they-reinforce-good/) [Alexander Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-payne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/564/alexander-payne-5223_american_the-most-heinous-shift-in-american-films_794488.png) > [But it's just that the whole country is making generally lousy films these days and has been for quite a while. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-payne/but-it-s-just-that-the-whole-country-is-making-generally-lousy-films/) [Alexander Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-payne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/749/alexander-payne-5223_big-problem_but-it-s-just-that-the-whole-country-is_2454170.png) > [I'm so not interested in producing, other than doing my own work, producing my own films. I only do it as favors,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-payne/i-m-so-not-interested-in-producing-other-than-doing-my-own-work/) [Alexander Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-payne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db3/alexander-payne-5223_cinema_i-m-so-not-interested-in-producing-other_605343.png) > [My flag is always flying. My shingle is always out. I'm always looking for movie ideas. The hardest part of this whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-payne/my-flag-is-always-flying-my-shingle-is-always-out-i-m-always-looking/) [Alexander Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-payne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7b/alexander-payne-5223_endeavor_my-flag-is-always-flying-my-shingle-is-a_1199250.png) > [The better a novel is, in literary terms, the more you can't be faithful. The novel succeeds on terms exclusive to literature.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-payne/the-better-a-novel-is-in-literary-terms-the-more-you-can-t-be/) [Alexander Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-payne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20c/alexander-payne-5223_being-faithful_the-better-a-novel-is-in-literary-terms_1972300.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-payne/when-i-m-introduced-as-a-two-time-oscar-winner-i-m-happy-that-a-film/) [Alexander Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-payne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/895/alexander-payne-5223_ability_when-i-m-introduced-as-a-two-time-oscar_3170962.png) > [Adult movies with any artistic credit are released in the last quarter of the year and expected to gird for battle for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-payne/adult-movies-with-any-artistic-credit-are-released-in-the-last/) [Alexander Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-payne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c91/alexander-payne-5223_adults_adult-movies-with-any-artistic-credit-ar_929572.png) > [I like action films, not exclusively, but I like Samurai films. I like Westerns. Not so much war pictures, but a few.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-payne/i-like-action-films-not-exclusively-but-i-like-samurai-films-i-like/) [Alexander Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-payne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/339/alexander-payne-5223_action_i-like-action-films-not-exclusively-but_3134000.png) > [I'm considered to some degree a successful director working in Hollywood, making films my way but using studio financing. But with almost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-payne/i-m-considered-to-some-degree-a-successful-director-working-in/) [Alexander Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-payne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aba/alexander-payne-5223_cinema_i-m-considered-to-some-degree-a-successf_2540818.jpg) > [My editor and I remain very disciplined. It's just sometimes when you're making a film, you get into the cutting room and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-payne/my-editor-and-i-remain-very-disciplined-it-s-just-sometimes-when-you/) [Alexander Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-payne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c78/alexander-payne-5223_certain_my-editor-and-i-remain-very-disciplined_842682.jpg) > [I want studios to be financing director-driven, auteurist cinema, as they did in the '70s. I think it's starting to happen now.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-payne/i-want-studios-to-be-financing-director-driven-auteurist-cinema-as/) [Alexander Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-payne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e02/alexander-payne-5223_audience_i-want-studios-to-be-financing-director_2378349.jpg) > [Just because I make films doesn't mean I think they're great. I just make them and then when I'm done with them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-payne/just-because-i-make-films-doesn-t-mean-i-think-they-re-great-i-just/) [Alexander Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-payne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c9/alexander-payne-5223_cinema_just-because-i-make-films-doesn-t-mean-i_2411312.png) > [A lot of documentaries have been made very quickly, but I think they're like frogs in an ecosystem: They're harbingers. Film is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-payne/a-lot-of-documentaries-have-been-made-very-quickly-but-i-think-they/) [Alexander Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-payne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ca/alexander-payne-5223_documentaries_a-lot-of-documentaries-have-been-made-ve_1777425.png) ## Other authors on Film - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-roger-ebert-80683.jpg) Roger Ebert 98 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/roger-ebert/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-werner-herzog-94806.jpg) Werner Herzog 92 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/werner-herzog/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-woody-allen-96336.jpg) Woody Allen 79 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/woody-allen/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-lucas-37823.jpg) George Lucas 79 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/george-lucas/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-peter-jackson-74887.jpg) Peter Jackson 71 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/peter-jackson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-abbas-kiarostami-8765.jpg) Abbas Kiarostami 68 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/abbas-kiarostami/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-steven-spielberg-87547.jpg) Steven Spielberg 66 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/steven-spielberg/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-nicolas-winding-refn-71275.jpg) Nicolas Winding Refn 61 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/nicolas-winding-refn/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-clint-eastwood-24620.jpg) Clint Eastwood 61 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/clint-eastwood/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-christopher-nolan-23980.jpg) Christopher Nolan 61 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/christopher-nolan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-lynch-27713.jpg) David Lynch 60 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/david-lynch/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-martin-scorsese-64785.jpg) Martin Scorsese 58 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/martin-scorsese/) ## More by Alexander Payne > [I want all of my films to belong to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-payne/i-want-all-of-my-films-to-belong-to-me/) [Alexander Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-payne/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-payne/i-spend-a-long-time-casting-but-once-i-ve-cast-a-film-there-s-a/) [Alexander Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-payne/) > [You just never know when you're living in a golden age.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-payne/you-just-never-know-when-you-re-living-in-a-golden-age/) [Alexander Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-payne/) > [I don't feel despair because I am able to make the films I want to make, and that gives me hope.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-payne/i-don-t-feel-despair-because-i-am-able-to-make-the-films-i-want-to/) [Alexander Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-payne/) > [Jesuits encourage an intellectual rigor in a way that I like.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-payne/jesuits-encourage-an-intellectual-rigor-in-a-way-that-i-like/) [Alexander Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-payne/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-payne/forgiving-yourself-may-be-for-many-people-at-least-for-myself/) [Alexander Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-payne/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-payne/in-a-general-sense-to-convert-any-short-story-novel-play-or-opera/) [Alexander Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-payne/) > [If you have your movies so that everyone understands everything, I think that's probably not a very good movie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-payne/if-you-have-your-movies-so-that-everyone-understands-everything-i/) [Alexander Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-payne/) > [I like actors who, when you see them on screen, you sense a person, not just an actor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-payne/i-like-actors-who-when-you-see-them-on-screen-you-sense-a-person-not/) [Alexander Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-payne/) > [If you're trying to recreate life, the life that you best know is the one you grew up with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-payne/if-you-re-trying-to-recreate-life-the-life-that-you-best-know-is-the/) [Alexander Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-payne/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-payne/i-think-about-what-movie-i-would-like-to-see-i-don-t-think-of-them-as/) [Alexander Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-payne/) > [If you were falling in love and you could go back in time and relive a day and see the banal things you did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-payne/if-you-were-falling-in-love-and-you-could-go-back-in-time-and-relive/) [Alexander Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-payne/) > [Omaha, like Rome, is built on seven hills.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-payne/omaha-like-rome-is-built-on-seven-hills/) [Alexander Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-payne/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-payne/hollywood-films-have-become-a-cesspool-of-formula-and-it-s-up-to-us/) [Alexander Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-payne/) > [I don't want all of American cinema to be big cartoons that are just made to be digested by the entire world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-payne/i-don-t-want-all-of-american-cinema-to-be-big-cartoons-that-are-just/) [Alexander Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-payne/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/alexander-payne/#itemlist", "name": "Best Film Quotes by Alexander Payne", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I still have energy and some degree of youth, which is what a filmmaker needs.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alexander Payne" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-payne/i-still-have-energy-and-some-degree-of-youth-which-is-what-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/521/alexander-payne-5223_degrees_i-still-have-energy-and-some-degree-of-y_2942210.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/521/alexander-payne-5223_degrees_i-still-have-energy-and-some-degree-of-y_2942210.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/521/alexander-payne-5223_degrees_i-still-have-energy-and-some-degree-of-y_2942210.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I still have energy and some degree of youth, which is what a filmmaker needs.” — Alexander Payne", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm attracted to short screenplays. 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