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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

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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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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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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If somebody tells me Im famous I say, Im not. I cant see myself as famous and I dont think Ill ever call myself famous. I definitely dont feel famous. – Shayne Ward

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Dont worry about writing a book or getting famous or making money. Just lead an interesting life. – Michael Morpurgo

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We had such a wonderful set of circumstances in Wilmington. Yes, the four of us became famous literally overnight, but we were in a small town and we always knew when people were coming down. We always knew when to behave. – Katie Holmes

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Our top story tonight: Famous TV dolphin flipper was arrested today on prostitution ring charges. He allegedly was seen transporting two 16 year olds across state line for immoral porpoises. – Colin Mochrie

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We have two lives — the one we learn with and the life we live after that. – Bernard Malamud, The Natural

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I have tried to preserve in my relationship to the film the same closeness and intimacy that exists between a painter and his canvas. – Norman McLaren

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