List of Alexander Payne Quotes

Marketing Has Supplanted Story As The Primary Force Behind The Worthiness Of Making A Film, And That's A Very Sad Thing. It's Film Only As A Function Of Consumerism Rather Than As An Important Component Of Our Culture, And That's Everywhere Around The World.

I Still Have Energy And Some Degree Of Youth, Which Is What A Filmmaker Needs.

I Think If You Watch Most Of My Films With The Sound Off, You Could Still Tell What's Going On.

I Think That Peter Jennings Is The Only Decent One Of The Big Three.

I Want All Of My Films To Belong To Me.

Joe E. Lewis Said, 'money Doesn't Buy Happiness But It Calms The Nerves.' And That Is How I Feel About A Film Being Well-received.

The Actors Are The Greatest Executors Of Tone In A Film. They're The Most Important Cinematic Component.

It Seems That Our Politicians See The World In Black And White, So Why Not Our Artists? Did Woody Allen's 'manhattan' Have To Be In Black And White? No. But Is It Fantastic That It Was? To See New York Like That? Yes!

That's How I Like To Do It With Actors, Have Them Really Go For It And I'll Tell Them When It's Too Much. It's Always Easier To Bring It Back Then To Push It Further.

I Never Wanted Money Worries To Slow Me Down Or Make Me Take A Job I Didn't Want.

I Mean, Look, I Love Movies, Not Just The Ones I Make... In Fact, I Don't Like The Movies I Make Very Much.

As The Years Go By And I Make More Films, I Am Increasingly Interested In Capturing Place As A Vivid Backdrop For My Films.