In Their Words — Sunday, February 10, 2013

Paul Giamatti, Virginia Madsen, Payne, Thomas Haden Church, and Sandra Oh Making 'Sideways' (2004)
Paul Giamatti, Virginia Madsen, Alexander Payne, Thomas Haden Church, and Sandra Oh making Sideways (2004)

I want all of my films to belong to me. There is an audience out there for literate films—slower, more observant, more human films, and they deserve to be made. Which is why I want Sideways to succeed, to encourage other film-makers.

—Alexander Payne