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.

Alexander Payne

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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.

Viggo Mortensen
- Think
- Bored
- Awards
If the television market collapses - and it will collapse - then, it seems, there is too much regulation, and that's not a good thing.

Ofra Strauss
- Good
- Television
- Too Much
I'd love to do something where I can act and dance at the same time, like on Broadway or in movies.

Maddie Ziegler
- Time
- Like
- Dance
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.

P. J. O'Rourke
- Think
- Government
- Easy
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.

Ted Danson
- People
- Love
- Guy
The questions don't do the damage. Only the answers do.

Sam Donaldson
- Questions
- Answers
- Damage