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"You just never know when you're living in a golden age."

Alexander Payne, American Director

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"You just never know when you're living in a golden age."

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"Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age?"

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Explore more quotes by Alexander Payne

"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."

"Hollywood films have become a cesspool of formula and it's up to us to try to change it... I feel like a preacher! But it's really true. I feel personally responsible for the future of American cinema. Me personally."

Change, Cinema, Formula

"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."

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"But it's just that the whole country is making generally lousy films these days and has been for quite a while. That's the big problem that we all have to think about."

Nation, Country

"I mean, look, I love movies, not just the ones I make... In fact, I don't like the movies I make very much."

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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."

"You just never know when you're living in a golden age."

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