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Quote by Alexander Payne
Anytime you cast a movie and you need someone famous in the lead p

Anytime you cast a movie and you need someone famous in the lead part, youre a prisoner of whoever happens to be famous in the six-month window in which youre trying to get a film financed. – Alexander Payne

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Marketing has supplanted story as the primary force behind the worthiness of making a film, and thats a very sad thing. Its film only as a function of consumerism rather than as an important component of our culture, and thats everywhere around the world. – Alexander Payne

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sad
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Joe E. Lewis said, Money doesnt buy happiness but it calms the nerves. And that is how I feel about a film being well-received. – Alexander Payne

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I used to think no one should go into show biz, but now I feel differently. I now feel like its a great career. If you can do it and make money at it and still not be so famous that you can have a normal life – then I think its a great career. – Julia Sweeney

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The good thing about L.A. is that theres always someone more famous 100 yards away from me. – Seth Rogen

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It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldnt give it up because by that time I was too famous. – Robert Benchley

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I never wanted to be rich or successful or famous. I just wanted to be happy and have fun. – Donna Leon

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It is more rewarding to watch money change the world than watch it accumulate. – Gloria Steinem

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The hardest of all is learning to be a well of affection, and not a fountain to show them we love them not when we feel like it, but when they do. – Nan Fairbrother

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