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Quote by Alexander Payne
The novel succeeds on terms exclusive to literature. A good film s

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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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 biggest fear I have is to die with regrets, and of course that will come true. – 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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Most of the time its the role. Sometimes its the story and sometimes it just the paycheck. Its the little movies that come out as stories or the fact that I have work to go out, you know what Im saying, you can only be out so long without work, you start getting antsy. – Morgan Freeman

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The nature of the movies is different than it was five years ago, and theyre all driven by the possibilities of CGI, which means you can make anything happen on screen that you can possibly desire. – Tom Hanks

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Theres more to life than movies. – Paul Walker

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The only reason why I would like to be accepted? Because if your movies dont do well, after a while you dont get to make any more movies. – Joaquin Phoenix

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