Quotes by Thinking I think that Peter Jennings is the only decent one of the big three. Alexander Payne peterthreethinking Whenever I'm asked about independent cinema, I think of what Fidel Castro said during the Cold War about the league of non-aligned nations. He said that really, there were only two non-aligned nations: the U.S. and the USSR. The rest of us have to be aligned somewhere. I say similarly, in a way, Paramount, Sony, and Warner Bros. are the only true independents, because they're the only ones who can do whatever they want and have distribution for their films built in. Alexander Payne independentwarthinking I want studios to be financing director-driven, auteurist cinema, as they did in the '70s. I think it's starting to happen now. Plus, because of how our world has changed politically, I think audiences are demanding more realism. We need to have more stuff in our culture about what is really going on right now. Alexander Payne cultureworldthinking A lot of documentaries have been made very quickly, but I think they're like frogs in an ecosystem: They're harbingers. Film is always two or three years behind, because it takes so long to write a script, get financing, and get it made. It just takes a while. But I think it's coming. It has to. Alexander Payne writinglongthinking I'd love to be a director-for-hire and get a nice paycheck and captain one of those big ships, but I think studios mistakenly think I want to write what I direct - which I don't. I write out of desperation, because I never get a script I like, other than "Nebraska." It's a matter of: What's the screenplay? Is it intelligent? Is it human? I don't care what genre, what scale. I'm here for the movies. Alexander Payne nicewritingthinking 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. Alexander Payne brothertalkingthinking If you're not making epic, archetypal films on some level, I think you're wasting a great potential of cinema. Alexander Payne cinemaepicthinking Is there no bright reversion in the sky, For those who greatly think or bravely die? Alexander Pope diesskythinking Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think. Alexander Pope amusementhappinessthinking But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. Alexander Pope dogskythinking I think a good deal may be said to extenuate the fault of bad Poets. What we call a Genius, is hard to be distinguish'd by a man himself, from a strong inclination: and if his genius be ever so great, he can not at first discover it any other way, than by giving way to that prevalent propensity which renders him the more liable to be mistaken. Alexander Pope strongmenthinking Some praise at morning what they blame at night, but always think the last opinion right. Alexander Pope morningnightthinking I believe it is no wrong Observation, that Persons of Genius, and those who are most capable of Art, are always fond of Nature, as such are chiefly sensible, that all Art consists in the Imitation and Study of Nature. On the contrary, People of the common Level of Understanding are principally delighted with the Little Niceties and Fantastical Operations of Art, and constantly think that finest which is least Natural. Alexander Pope believeartthinking To be, contents his natural desire, Alexander Pope angeldogthinking Calm, thinking villains, whom no faith could fix, Of crooked counsels and dark politics. Alexander Pope calmdarkthinking Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have. Alexander Pope strangevicesthinking A brave man thinks no one his superior who does him an injury, for he has it then in his power to make himself superior to the other by forgiving it. Alexander Pope couragementhinking Is it, in Heav'n, a crime to love too well? Alexander Pope heartlifethinking Fondly we think we honor merit then, when we but praise ourselves in other men. Alexander Pope honormenthinking Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be. Alexander Pope piecesthinking«116117118119120121122123124125126»
