I don't feel despair because I am able to make the films I want to mak… — Quoted

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

Alexander Payne · Hope

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Alexander Payne

Each one of my movies becomes easier to get off the ground.

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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.

Future

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.

Movies

Alexander Payne

Anytime you cast a movie and you need someone famous in the lead part, you're a prisoner of whoever happens to be famous in the six-month window in which you're trying to get a film financed.

Famous