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“That's how I like to do it with actors, have them really go for it and I'll tell them when it's too much. It's always easier to bring it back then to push it further.”

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Alexander Payne

Alexander Payne is an American film director known for his unique narrative style and profound insights into American social reality. His works often explore themes of family, love, and social issues in a humorous and satirical manner. more

“I've known both misery and happiness, lived in so many different skins it is impossible for one skin to claim me. And I have felt like a wayfarer on an alien planet at times - walking, running, wondering about what brought me to this particular place, and why. But once I was here the dreams started moving in, and I went about devouring them as they devoured me.”

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“I was born to a black childhood of confusion and poverty. The memory of that beginning influences my work today, It is impossible now to photograph a hungry child without remembering the hunger of my old childhood.”

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“I had known poverty firsthand, but there I learned how to fight its evil - along with the evil of racism - with a camera.”

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“It was amazing that I was ever elected.”

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