If you have your movies so that everyone understands everything, I think that's probably not a very good movie.
Alexander PayneI don't feel despair because I am able to make the films I want to make, and that gives me hope.
Alexander PayneA lot of people get stuck, like, "Oh, if it's made by a studio, it can't be independent." Often they link it to the source of financing, or how it's distributed, but I don't really know how you can. A filmmaker will take his money from anywhere. It doesn't matter.
Alexander Payne