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You learn after you`ve been in the business for a while that it`s not getting your face recognized that`s the payoff. It`s having your film remembered.

- Leonardo DiCaprio

A lot of the jokes had some build-up to some nasty stuff. But most of it was all character situations leading to what the ultimate payoff would be for that character.

- Shawn Wayans

It`s hard for bands to stick it out because people grow up, and it never really pays off. If you`re looking for some sort of payoff, it`s not gonna happen.

- Thurston Moore

You have eight minutes of buildup to the nail-gun payoff. So for the audience, it`s a matter of time and how and where and which one.

- Craig Perry

Killing is the payoff of war.

- Morley Safer

(It worked. A contributor subsequently came through with funding for the group.) It was one of those deals where you feel you are led in a particular direction, ... When you take the risk to do it that way, there is the payoff.

- Chris Barrett