Independent film Quotes · Page 3

It just seems like that because I do a lot of independent films that don't get to the mainstream.

— William Hurt

I am a hybrid. I do independent films and also do Hollywood films - I love them both.

— Spike Lee

I like independent films... European films. I do go and see popular films as well because my kids force me.

— Frances O'Grady

I've been doing independent films for 10 years, but one out of five didn't see the light of day.

— Scoot McNairy

Independent films are really one of the greatest resources these days to actually find unfiltered truth.

— Josh Tickell

Here are the good things about independent films: They do the more interesting, chancy scripts. They're run by love.

— William H. Macy

Independent film is not only an oxymoron; it doesn't exist anymore.

— Martha Plimpton

I think everybody's contemplating TV now, because mid-level and high-budget independent films are not being made now.

— Billy Bob Thornton

And you know, we did it as an independent film, and we weren't expecting it to be on television, and Lifetime ended…

— Jenna Elfman

When I started out in independent films in the early '70s, we did everything for the love of art. It wasn't about…

— Sissy Spacek

After six years of working on low-budget independent films of the too-weird-to-watch variety, being asked by DreamWorks to come and play with…

— Sienna Guillory

No, I just thought of a story and wrote down what I saw. It was about two kids in Ireland who went…

— Neil Jordan

I'm really interested in making movies that people see: I've made a lot of independent films and it's really depressing when no…

— Elizabeth Banks

I think that the change began... I made a film a few years ago called The Spitfire Grill, and that didn't make…

— Ellen Burstyn

When you're making an independent film what you don't have in time and money you have to make up with creativity and…

— Matthew Lillard

The movie industry has collapsed into two types of film - the $100 million blockbuster or the small independent film of $1…

— Jonathan LaPaglia

There aren't many American directors here trying to direct a Japanese yakuza film. When you combine that with the fact that I…

— John Foster

I think there's a time and place to watch an independent film, or catch up on a French action film on your…

— Robert Englund

Well, the whole trick to doing an independent film, is to keep great pace and momentum. You're shooting maybe three times as…

— Kevin Kline

I've made a number of independent films that didn't receive theatrical distribution, that a lot of people haven't heard of, and as…

— William Mapother

I do like working on independent films where it is a smaller budget and less pressure. The pace is also quicker than…

— Colm Meaney

Television is making, there was in independent film renaissance late '80s through the mid-90's. It was an amazing time. Television is doing…

— Billy Bob Thornton

Independent films are very hard to get made, but I'm lucky enough to get them made, so I'm going to keep doing…

— Paul Haggis

Just being able to make exactly what I want with my brother and a lot of my best friend and to have…

— Mark Duplass

Definition of an independent film is torture with less money and time

— Joey Lauren Adams

When you're making an independent film, there is no guarantee that anyone is going to see it, ever.

— Hari Nef

I love independent film so much, and that's kind of where I made my mark.

— Billy Bob Thornton

I always went to see independent films, they're the movies I'm usually most excited to see.

— Elizabeth Olsen

It's always a challenge to make an independent film. It's always a challenge to make a low budget film.

— Anne Heche

I come from Venezuela, from the independent film arena, and you work with one camera.

— Edgar Ramirez

TV, in particular cable channels, has assumed the role of independent film.

— Eric Stoltz

I've always felt that an independent film is a film that almost doesn't get made.

— Glenn Close

Apparently I work for free, look at some of the independent films I've done.

— Patrick Warburton

When you are making an independent film, money is never an issue.

— Salman Rushdie

Independent films now, they want to give you $2 million to make it, 21 days to shoot it and they want 10…

— Billy Bob Thornton

There's plenty of great independent films to do, but you can't support yourself making independent film as an actress.

— Gaby Hoffmann

I am an independent film-maker first and foremost. I have always cut my own cloth.

— Mira Nair

I've been fortunate to work with some amazing Asian filmmakers in independent film.

— Ken Jeong

When a film like Chris Nolan's Memento cannot get picked up, to me independent film is over. It's dead.

— Steven Soderbergh

I try to balance independent films with commercial films, and I've done a pretty good job of it over the years.

— John Travolta