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Quote by Alexander Payne
Even if we die at 100, were still dying young. I want at least 700

Even if we die at 100, were still dying young. I want at least 700 years. Theres a lot of travelling and books to read and movies to see. Im not going to squeeze it all in in 85 years. – 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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The biggest fear I have is to die with regrets, and of course that will come true. – Alexander Payne

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Hollywood films have become a cesspool of formula and its up to us to try to change it… I feel like a preacher! But its really true. I feel personally responsible for the future of American cinema. Me personally. – Alexander Payne

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Im proud of all the movies Ive made. Theyre not sequels, theyre not franchises. And the reason I pick my films carefully is that I dont want to spit on my life. I like to think of myself as more than that. – Kevin Costner

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American movies are often very good at mining those great underlying myths that make films robustly travel across class, age, gender, culture. – Tom Hooper

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I crave working on those small independent movies because I love going to see those myself. – Orlando Bloom

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If the goal is to get the best artists, actors, and filmmakers in the world to create the best movies, Hollywood does a decent job. And I think no one would disagree with me that it also makes a ton of bad movies and employs a bunch of hacks. – Joseph Gordon-Levitt

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