Payne Quotes

For a while, I was through with acting, and then Alexander Payne called me up and said `Hey, Thomas! I have a script I want you to read! It`ll be great; you get to sleep with my wife!` -referring to Sideways (2004) and his sex scenes with Sandra Oh.

It was also wonderful to have the prospect of playing with Jack Nicholson. It was a terrific part, a terrific script, with Alexander Payne and Jack Nicholson. You can`t get any better than that!

Alexander Payne`s very specific. His scripts are always complete when you start working on them.