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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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When youre a houseguest and you leave, its nice to straighten something up or send your hosts a useful gift. And when you leave the planet, its nice to have made a positive contribution. – Alexander Payne

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positive
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Alexander Payne
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The novel succeeds on terms exclusive to literature. A good film succeeds on terms exclusive to the cinema. Thats why so many bad novels can become good movies, like Jaws or The Godfather. – Alexander Payne

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movies
Author
Alexander Payne
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I wasnt a kid who moved out from Iowa with aspirations of becoming a famous star – I was intrigued by the idea of filmmaking and by the idea of what it would be like to play a character in a movie. – Jason Lee

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We were delighted to have Nigel as a producer. The only problem is that Nigel is so famous that he seems to dominate most interviews without being there. – Stephen Malkmus

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HBO is really famous for hiring good people and staying out of their way until they ask for help, or need it. And that reputation is earned. – Richard Russo

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Im doing a new musical on Broadway, which opens in October called The Boy from Oz, where I play Peter Allen. For those of you who dont know, he became first famous in America for marrying Liza Minelli. – Hugh Jackman

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Its funny. When I saw the script in my inbox and it said Sparkle, I thought, For real? Its really called Sparkle? I was wondering, too, how does Jordin Sparks as Sparkle sound? – Jordin Sparks

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Every life has a measure of sorrow, and sometimes this is what awakens us. – Steven Tyler

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