A lot of people get stuck, like, "Oh, if it's made by a studio, it can't be independent." Often they link it… — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
A lot of documentaries have been made very quickly, but I think they're like frogs in an ecosystem: They're harbingers. Film is… — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
Independent means one thing to me: It means that regardless of the source of financing, the director's voice is extremely present. It's… — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
I want studios to be financing director-driven, auteurist cinema, as they did in the '70s. I think it's starting to happen now.… — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
'Independent' means one thing to me: It means that regardless of the source of financing, the director's voice is extremely present. It's… — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
I'm considered to some degree a successful director working in Hollywood, making films my way but using studio financing. But with almost… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
If you have your movies so that everyone understands everything, I think that's probably not a very good movie. — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
I like actors who, when you see them on screen, you sense a person, not just an actor. — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
If you're trying to recreate life, the life that you best know is the one you grew up with. — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
