Quote by Alexander Payne
When youre a houseguest and you leave, its nice to straighten some

When youre a houseguest and you leave, its nice to straighten something up or send your hosts a useful gift. And when you leave the planet, its nice to have made a positive contribution. – 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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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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Anytime you cast a movie and you need someone famous in the lead part, youre a prisoner of whoever happens to be famous in the six-month window in which youre trying to get a film financed. – Alexander Payne

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I did the whole rock and roll thing thats coming up. I think youre going to enjoy that! Burt Rocks, its called. I like that hes a dreamer I like how positive he is. Theres a lot of things I think I can learn from Burt. – Garret Dillahunt

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I have long been a supporter of the Head Start program because each and every year I witness the dramatic positive impact that early intervention services have on childrens lives in my congressional district. – Lucille Roybal-Allard

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