Quote by Alexander Payne
I dont feel despair because I am able to make the films I want to

I dont feel despair because I am able to make the films I want to make, and that gives me hope. – Alexander Payne

Other quotes by Alexander Payne

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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Happiness
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I get asked, How can you have such failures in your films? Well, what else is life about? Theres some sense of constant failure in something. Humor gives you a distance from it. – Alexander Payne

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Failure
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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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I hope that what it comes down to at the end of the day is that people believe that I believe what Im singing. It comes down to being believable. You dont have to be likeable generally, though, I think I am. – John Mayer

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Hope

They do not understand Islam, and I think that is one area where perhaps I hope one day I will play a role in actually making people understand what we perceive Islam to be. – Imran Khan

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Hope

And I hope America will realise, as the only superpower now, it really must use its power in a way thats going to build up the world, and to support the United Nations. – George Carey

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Hope

Like any good tree that one would hope to grow, we must set our roots deep into the ground so that what is real will prosper in the Light of Love. – Billy Corgan

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Hope

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They all matter to me, whether Im working on a Sam Jackson film for a week or Im the star of my own TV series – I take it all very seriously, and I have a healthy respect for the work in general, despite the role. – Anthony Michael Hall

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