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I guess maybe I try to make movies that are closer to real life th

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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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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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 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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I mean, I kind of remember… Im 36 now, so its kind of hard for me to relate to what it was like when I was 25, or 24, but I do remember a period in time when thats how I defined who I was, by the music I listened to and the movies I went to. – Liz Phair

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And I believe that you never be limited in what you do, so I like to do movies, I like to do television. – Harvey Fierstein

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When I got depressed, I watched Bruce Lee movies. I learned everything from Bruce Lee. – Jackie Chan

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