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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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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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 always loved working as an actress, but I didnt understand why I couldnt just opt out of being famous. And then I realized you can, and I think I did. And eventually, I came to understand that you can do that and also keep working. – Debra Winger

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I was in a karaoke video in 1991, for a song called Sukiyaki, which is a very famous Japanese song, and Ive actually heard from people that theyve been in bars in Asia where theyve seen me come up in the Sukiyaki video that they play behind you. Im in that. Im in a karaoke video. – Michael Weatherly

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I dont really know a lot of famous people. Ive met a lot of famous people. If I ran into Tom Hanks today, I would have to remind him who I was and he would then remember me. But he wouldnt come up to me and say, Hi Dave! – David Zucker

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You can be famous for a lot of things. You can be a Nobel-prize winner. You can be the fattest guy in the world. – Evel Knievel

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