“All three parts of filmmaking [writing, shooting, editing] contribute to rhytm. You want the script to be a tight as possible, you want the acting to be as efficient as possible on the set, and you have enough coverage to manipulate the rhythm in the editing room, and then in the editing room you want to find the quickest possible version, even if it's a leisurely paced film. I definitely in filmmaking more and more find writing and directing a means to harvest material for editing. It's all about editing.” IfsWantWritingMeanEnoughFilmThreeRoomsActingMaterialsScriptsVersionsRhythmShootingEfficientFilmmakingEditingHarvestManipulateCoverage Author: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. My goal is always what Chuck Jones wanted his Warner Brothers cartoons to be, which was if you turn down the sound, you could still tell what's going on. I think if you watch most of my films with the sound off, you could still tell what's going on.” IfsThinkingWantStillsBodyWantedFilmTurnsSoundGoalSpaceTalkingWatchesComedyBrotherRaisedCinemaVisualsCompositionCartoonChuckAlways ThinkingFramingOrchestrationWarner Brothers Author:Alexander Payne
“In the moment of making films, I want to share my observations of life, not of other films.” WantMomentsFilmShareObservation Author:Alexander Payne
“I'm attracted to short screenplays. Nobody really wants a film to be over two hours, or at least I don't.” WantTwoFilmHoursScreenplays Author:Alexander Payne
“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.” IfsWantYearsStillsBookYoungDiesDying Author:Alexander Payne
“I don't feel despair because I am able to make the films I want to make, and that gives me hope.” WantGivingFeelsAbleFilmDespairGive Me Author:Alexander Payne
“I don't want all of American cinema to be big cartoons that are just made to be digested by the entire world.” WorldWantMadeBigsCinemaCartoon Author:Alexander Payne
“I never wanted money worries to slow me down or make me take a job I didn't want.” WantWantedJobsWorry Author:Alexander Payne
