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title: "1 Happy Film Quotes By Alexander Payne"
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> [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 because that keeps me in business. A filmmaker's greatest concern is the ability to make future films, so…](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/)

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## 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/)

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