Alexander Payne Quotes

The best actors are always the ones who've directed as well, as they understand all the problems you face.

Alexander Payne

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BestProblemsFaceYouUnderstand

I went around the corner to motion pictures.

Jerry Reed

PicturesCornerMotionAround

Brazil - they're so good it's like they are running round the pitch playing with themselves.

John Motson

GoodBrazilPlayingRoundLike

The artificial heart is very effective as a bridge to transplant, but the number of people that can be saved with human hearts is limited. A perfect artificial heart could save many more patients.

Robert Jarvik

HeartPeopleBridgePerfectHuman

I used to get hollered at for benching too much.

Mike Daniels

Too MuchUsedGetMuchToo

I never work with a screen. Other photographers have this black thing around, and they go back and look at it. I'd rather spend the time with the subject, photographing or discussing or talking, than staring at this thing. I'd rather look at what's going on.

Juergen Teller

WorkTimeBlackTalkingLookBack

There are people who say they want to write novels. They think, 'I'll learn my craft on the romance novel.' If you don't love the genre, it's going to show, and it's not going to be a good book.

Julia Quinn

LoveGoodPeopleBookThinkLearn

So I got a chance to meet a whole bunch of those old real, real rough but gentle men. They lived hard, but they lived good - in one sense, you know. But you had a lot of fun. Didn't make much money, but you had a lot of fun.

Little Milton

GoodMoneyMenFunChanceYou

Manufactured objects testify to who made them; they describe values.

Jonathan Ive

ValuesWhoObjectsMadeDescribe

People say: 'Models are so young, they're so skinny.' But Mr. Balenciaga used models at 16, and that will never change. People say they are skinny, but there is a difference between skinny and sick. If someone is sick, they're sick. It's not because of fashion. If I have flu, I have flu; it's not because I work in fashion.

Domenico Dolce

WorkChangePeopleFashionSickSay

You know, when they called me about the role, I thought Knots Landing was a show about a houseboat with Andy Griffith!

Donna Mills

MeThoughtYouKnowShowRole

I'm not one of these people who likes to do as little as possible. I really do feel the hot breath of time on the back of my neck these days. And there are certain things I want to do before my time is up.

Brian Dennehy

TimePeopleFeelBackWantPossible

I like things that I feel comfortable in.

Annette Bening

FeelComfortableThingsLikeI Feel

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