Author: Alexander Payne

Quotes

I think a badly crafted, great idea for a new film with a ton of spelling mistakes is just 100 times better than a well-crafted stale script.

I think a badly crafted, great idea for a new film with a ton of spelling mistakes is just 100 times better than a well-crafted stale script.

- Alexander Payne

You just never know when you're living in a golden age.

You just never know when you're living in a golden age.

- Alexander Payne

I mean, look, I love movies, not just the ones I make... In fact, I don't like the movies I make very much.

I mean, look, I love movies, not just the ones I make... In fact, I don't like the movies I make very much.

- Alexander Payne

In the moment of making films, I want to share my observations of life, not of other films.

In the moment of making films, I want to share my observations of life, not of other films.

- Alexander Payne

The most heinous shift in American films is that they reinforce good things like 'couples' and 'relationships.'

The most heinous shift in American films is that they reinforce good things like 'couples' and 'relationships.'

- Alexander Payne

The best cinema is about ethics.

The best cinema is about ethics.

- Alexander Payne

If you're trying to recreate life, the life that you best know is the one you grew up with.

If you're trying to recreate life, the life that you best know is the one you grew up with.

- 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 that you'd forgotten about, you'd weep, looking at that day.

If you were falling in love and you could go back in time and relive a day and see the banal things you did that you'd forgotten about, you'd weep, looking at that day.

- Alexander Payne

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