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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

Other quotes by Alexander Payne

I guess maybe I try to make movies that are closer to real life than are many Hollywood movies. But I still try to stay within a commercial narrative, a contemporary American vernacular. – Alexander Payne

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movies
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Alexander Payne
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I mean, look, I love movies, not just the ones I make… In fact, I dont like the movies I make very much. – Alexander Payne

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movies
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The biggest fear I have is to die with regrets, and of course that will come true. – Alexander Payne

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I get to meet fantastic people, and I get to go through so many emotions. For me, I have a craving for that. When Im acting, I feel great. Its not to be famous. – Christopher Parker

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The whole celebrity culture thing – Im fascinated by, and repelled by, and yet I end up knowing about it. – Anderson Cooper

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What Ive learned is that you really dont need to be a celebrity or have money or have the paparazzi following you around to be famous. – Lady Gaga

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Its not that I dont want to become famous or that Im obsessed by my work as an actress, but its all about not limiting myself, such as putting myself in a little jail that I can escape from. – Sarah Polley

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