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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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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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Alexander Payne
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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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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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Well, getting behind the camera is something Ive always wanted to get involved with. Ever since I was doing movies like Zathura I was very interested in all the different jobs on set and kind of soaking all the information up like a sponge. – Josh Hutcherson

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I love watching the Bond movies obviously and I grew up reading the books as a kid. Ive always loved them because of that. – Danny Boyle

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Ive kind of come to the conclusion that what passes for realism in movies has nothing to do with reality and that my stuff is more realistic than that. – Charlie Kaufman

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My interest in film is sort of catholic – apart from science fiction and horror movies, Ill watch almost everything. – James Dyson

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