Alexander Payne Quotes

What is filmmaking but groping in the dark?

Alexander Payne

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DarkFilmmaking

Christian values were important at home. Cleanliness. Don't steal. Don't lie. Those were the rules, and they were strictly enforced. Especially the stealing and lying. When you broke the rules, you got a beating. I always broke the rules a lot.

Jimmy Cliff

HomeLieChristianYouValuesRules

The first record I bought may have been Del Shannon's 'Runaway.'

Joey Ramone

FirstMayBeenRecordBought

You don't have to invent the wheel, but you might want to be the company that invents the rims.

MC Hammer

YouWantWheelCompanyMightInvent

I look back on my 20s. It's supposed to be the prime of your life, the most vital, the most beautiful. But you're making your critical decisions and sometimes your most critical mistakes.

Ann Brashares

LifeBeautifulMistakesDecisions

After making several tragic movies in a row, I was looking to do a comedy, and one without cynicism.

Ang Lee

LookingComedyMoviesWithoutMaking

See, I have to do my best because I am not as glamorous or as well-equipped like a Beyonce Knowles or Michael Jackson, where their band members are close to 100-150 people. They even have great equipment which is flown along with the artists. They have a budget of around $5 million pumped in to make their concerts a hit.

Sonu Nigam

GreatBestI AmPeopleBudgetSee

When you get frisked by the police at the age of 10, and they empty your schoolbag out in the street and kick your books around and calling you names because of where you live, you just get an anger towards everyone who is outside of your neighborhood.

Lukas Forchhammer

LiveAgePoliceAngerYouStreet

Man's world is the planet of inexperience.

Milan Kundera

ManWorldPlanetInexperience

Rich or poor, every child comes into the world with some imperative need of its own, which shapes its individuality.

Lucy Larcom

ChildWorldRichPoorNeedOwn

Women deeply want men who are competent and powerful. And I don't mean power in that they can exert tyrannical control over others. That's not power. That's just corruption.

Jordan Peterson

WomenPowerMenControlPowerful

It is easy not to support the death penalty when there is doubt about the culpability of the person sitting in the chair; it is harder to sustain such principles when the crime of the accused is morally indefensible.

Clint Smith

DeathSupportDoubtChairEasy

I'm really proud of an independent movie called 'Angel's Perch' that you can get now on demand. It's a labor of love. People worked really, really hard, and it's a beautiful film.

Ashley Jones

LoveBeautifulPeopleAngelProud

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