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Alexander Payne Quotes
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[about Reese Witherspoon on Election (1999)]: "She inhabited that role fully, but she can do all these other roles. You see a woman in her, not a girl. She`s going to be interesting for a long time."
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While accepting his Director of the Year award for Sideways (2004) at the Palm Spring Film Festival: "I thank you for this award, though I think there may be a problem with a world in which making small, human and humorous films is `an achievement.` It sh...
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[talking about Reese Witherspoon]: "She has such intelligence and humor, so it was a joyous leap of faith. Working with her, I kept thinking of Holly Hunter, she is an actress who is equally at home in character roles and in leads and in comedy and in dra...
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When studios entrust big Hollywood blockbusters to strong, intelligent directors, like Steven Soderbergh or Sam Raimi [Spider-Mans 1 and 2] or Alfonso Cuarón [the latest Harry Potter], I say `God bless `em`, because those films will have legs and might st...
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They [the studios] go through that process where they think you have to find the most famous people possible and then they go down the line. That`s a game I`m increasingly uninterested in - unless the most famous possible person also happens to be very co...
| Name | Alexander Payne |
| Age | 47 |
| Height | 5' 10" (178 cm) |
| Date of Birth | February 10, 1961 |
| Birthplace | Omaha, NE |
| Star Sign | Aquarius |
| Nationality | United States |
| Occupation | Film Director |
