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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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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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movies
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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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Alexander Payne
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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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A film is a petrified fountain of thought. – Jean Cocteau

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Somebody asked me about the current choice were being given in the presidential election. I said, Well, its like two of the scariest movies I can imagine. – Dean Koontz

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I appreciate a slow-burn romance. In most movies, everyone is just tearing their clothes off in the first scene. – Emily Blunt

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I dont think you should feel about a film. You should feel about a woman, not a movie. You cant kiss a movie. – Jean-Luc Godard

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