Alexander Payne Quotes
In the moment of making films, I want to share my observations of life, not of other films.
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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To be honest, I am very worried about the possibility of the U.K. leaving the E.U. But of course, like in the case of Catalonia, we have to respect the right to decide of the British people on a relationship that part of the Brits consider is not satisfying enough.
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I breathe martial arts every day of my life.
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If you're keeping yourself in the bubble and only looking at your own data or only watching the TV that fits your agenda then it gets boring.
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Music is one of the most powerful things the world has to offer. No matter what race or religion or nationality or sexual orientation or gender that you are, it has the power to unite us.
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I'm a sort of nuts-and-bolts guy. I'm into turning wrenches and swinging a hammer and wrenching on cars.
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I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
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If you're a large corporation, you can afford to pay the money to register patents, but if you're an individual like me, you can't.
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People say I have my own Cinderella story, and in a way, I guess I do.
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Chet loved artists. He did. But he was caught up in the system. He had two hats. He had to have 'em because he did two things: he was an artist, and he was an executive.
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The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.
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Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well.
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I never went to stage school or anything like that. It was always plays, productions at school and things like that. The thing for me with acting was it was the only thing I could fully concentrate on. I loved playing sports. I didn't really love studying.
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Risk is to do something that 99 percent of the time would be a failure.
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Many people love in themselves what they hate in others.
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I think every major character I've played was originally for an older woman. I have no idea what that says. I guess I'm mature for my age.
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'The Simpsons' money got bigger and bigger. When I left 'The Simpsons', no one thought that this thing was going to still be around. It's the cumulative effect. It's like, 'Oh my God, 25 years later, and it's still coming in.'
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Football was what I was good at, and it was what I loved.
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You're stuck in front of the microphone. You can't use your hands. I like to do things.
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It was a place that is trying to destroy the individual by every means possible; trying to break his spirit, so that he accepts that he is No. 6 and will live there happily as No. 6 for ever after. And this is the one rebel that they can't break.
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You have to try to take what life throws at you with grace and equanimity.
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With portable cameras and affordable data and non-linear digital editing, I think this is a golden age of documentary filmmaking. These new technologies mean we can make complicated, beautifully crafted and cinematic films about real-life stories.
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Inspiration is an underexamined part of political life and presidential leadership.
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In the moment of making films, I want to share my observations of life, not of other films.
