Alexander Payne Quotes
I don't think so much about verbal comedy. I always think about visual comedy. I was raised watching silents, and I'm always thinking about how to make cinema, not good talking - although I want good talking. I'm much more interested in framing, composition, and orchestration of bodies in space, and so forth.
Quotes to Explore
-
If in my twenties I'd gotten one of the two-dozen roles that I did screen tests for and almost got, I think I would have become bored with the awards circuit, the whole hype machine.
-
If the television market collapses - and it will collapse - then, it seems, there is too much regulation, and that's not a good thing.
-
I'd love to do something where I can act and dance at the same time, like on Broadway or in movies.
-
I think it's always easy to be sympathetic to parts of the government in detail; in their concrete manifestations. Because obviously, we don't have government for no reason.
-
I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
-
The questions don't do the damage. Only the answers do.
-
I believe nobody is stronger than the state. So the state would be strong, and we have to work altogether to make the strength of the state.
-
I'm not a cheater, but if I win Olympic gold and people are looking at me and saying I am a cheat because I've won, it's hugely disrespectful given the hard work I've put in.
-
The prayers of cowards fortune spurns.
-
College dropouts with significant debt struggle with repayment over the course of their lives and do not receive the benefits afforded to their peers who have debt but obtain higher-paying jobs as a result of college completion.
-
But I have never wanted to be a singer, because the exterior part of a career, I don't like very much.
-
To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example; not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world.
-
It's nice to work with your own alma mater.
-
A jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build one.
-
Nine months after we submitted the original screenplay for 'The Attack,' the studio that was involved pulled out. I've been told that 'you don't write in a French way; you can't make these multicultural films.'
-
I was hoping I was going to get an ulcer. I was hoping to boost my research career by developing a bleeding ulcer.
-
Thanks to President Obama for joining a unanimous Congress and signing S 2195 into law.
-
I had throat surgery. We had to check that out and make sure it wasn't cancerous. I had a polyp on my vocal cord, so I had that taken out.
-
If you always think about your dreams or goals, work steadfastly towards them and continue to challenge yourself, you will definitely be able to realise those dreams or goals.
-
I can never think of promoting my convenience at the expense of a friend's interest and inclination.
-
Settling for not-so-bad sounds okay. But, you know, it's hard when you tried so much to make life really good.
-
Every generation of rock musician will understand that we wouldn't be anywhere without the support of teenagers buying the records.
-
I don't think so much about verbal comedy. I always think about visual comedy. I was raised watching silents, and I'm always thinking about how to make cinema, not good talking - although I want good talking. I'm much more interested in framing, composition, and orchestration of bodies in space, and so forth.
