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I'm so not interested in producing, other than doing my own work, producing my own films. I only do it as favors, for other people to get their films made.

From Alexander Payne

I like voice-over in films, and most of my films have been voice-over films.

From Alexander Payne

I don't feel despair because I am able to make the films I want to make, and that gives me hope.

From Alexander Payne

The most heinous shift in American films is that they reinforce good things like 'couples' and 'relationships.'

From Alexander Payne

I don't think so much about verbal comedy. I always think about visual comedy. I was raised watching silents, and I'm always thinking about how to make cinema, not good talking - although I want good talking. I'm much more interested in framing, composition, and orchestration of bodies in space, and so forth.

From Alexander Payne

A pitfall of making a comedy with a studio-and it's also an American cultural thing-is that I get tired of being encouraged to go always for laughs.

From Alexander Payne

But it's just that the whole country is making generally lousy films these days and has been for quite a while. That's the big problem that we all have to think about.

From Alexander Payne

Hollywood films have become a cesspool of formula and it's up to us to try to change it... I feel like a preacher! But it's really true. I feel personally responsible for the future of American cinema. Me personally.

From Alexander Payne

I mean, look, I love movies, not just the ones I make... In fact, I don't like the movies I make very much.

From Alexander Payne

That's how I like to do it with actors, have them really go for it and I'll tell them when it's too much. It's always easier to bring it back then to push it further.

From Alexander Payne

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