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1. "I think cynicism is more enduring than sentimentality." ~ Alexander Payne
2. "I think cynicism lasts. Sentimentality ages, dates quickly." ~ Alexander Payne
3. "I think that Peter Jennings is the only decent one of the big three." ~ Alexander Payne
4. "I think a badly crafted, great idea for a new film with a ton of spelling mistakes is just 100 times better than a well-crafted stale script." ~ Alexander Payne
5. "Even if we die at 100, we're still dying young. I want at least 700 years. There's a lot of travelling and books to read and movies to see. I'm not going to squeeze it all in in 85 years." ~ Alexander Payne
6. "What is filmmaking but groping in the dark?" ~ Alexander Payne
7. "As the years go by and I make more films, I am increasingly interested in capturing place as a vivid backdrop for my films." ~ Alexander Payne
8. "The biggest fear I have is to die with regrets, and of course that will come true." ~ Alexander Payne
9. "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." ~ Alexander Payne
10. "I definitely in filmmaking more and more find writing and directing a means to harvest material for editing. It's all about editing." ~ Alexander Payne
11. "I don't want all of American cinema to be big cartoons that are just made to be digested by the entire world." ~ Alexander Payne
12. "The best cinema is about ethics." ~ Alexander Payne
13. "I always wanted 'Sideways' to be like a great 1960s Italian film." ~ Alexander Payne
14. "I like actors who, when you see them on screen, you sense a person, not just an actor." ~ Alexander Payne
15. "I like voice-over in films, and most of my films have been voice-over films." ~ Alexander Payne
16. "I mean, look, I love movies, not just the ones I make... In fact, I don't like the movies I make very much." ~ Alexander Payne
17. "I never wanted money worries to slow me down or make me take a job I didn't want." ~ Alexander Payne
18. "I still have energy and some degree of youth, which is what a filmmaker needs." ~ Alexander Payne

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