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 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
When you're a houseguest and you leave, it's nice to straighten something up or send your hosts a useful gift. And when… — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
When you watch a movie, you don't want to feel like a machine made it. You want to feel a soul. — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
There is an audience out there for literate films - slower, more observant, more human films, and they deserve to be made. — 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
