Alexander Payne Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I don't feel despair because I am able to make the films I want to make, and that gives me hope.”

“I like actors who, when you see them on screen, you sense a person, not just an actor.”

“I like to think of film-making not just as an act of personal self-aggrandisement but rather as an act of public service.”

“I like voice-over in films, and most of my films have been voice-over films.”

“I never wanted money worries to slow me down or make me take a job I didn't want.”

“I think that Peter Jennings is the only decent one of the big three.”

“Jesuits encourage an intellectual rigor in a way that I like.”

“There is an audience out there for literate films - slower, more observant, more human films, and they deserve to be made.”

“You begin a film more with questions than with direct intentions. It's more of an exploration and discovery.”

“Well, that's what life is - this collection of extraordinarily ordinary moments. We just need to pay attention to them all. Wake up and pay attention to how beautiful it all is.”