Quote by Alexander Payne
Hollywood films have become a cesspool of formula and its up to us

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

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