“The best actors are always the ones who've directed as well, as they u...” — Alexander Payne Quote

The best actors are always the ones who've directed as well, as they understand all the problems you face.

I still have energy and some degree of youth, which is what a filmmaker needs.

I'm so not interested in producing, other than doing my own work, producing my own films. I only do it as favors, for other people to get their films made.

I don't want all of American cinema to be big cartoons that are just made to be digested by the entire world.

Marketing has supplanted story as the primary force behind the worthiness of making a film, and that's a very sad thing. It's film only as a function of consumerism rather than as an important component of our culture, and that's everywhere around the world.

The whole tone now of TV is under 35 and directed toward males.

'Millennials' has become a kind of modern swearword, a slur directed at people in their early 20s.

I think a great leader is somebody who realizes it's not about them, it's about the people that they're serving, that they're really other-directed rather than self- directed.

I've also directed, shot, and edited several music videos.

Our efforts are to be directed towards narrowing the gap between the study of shastras and science.