There's a tremendous intellectual fervor among independent…

As independent filmmakers, we are actually deeply dependent on each other. The Spirit Awards are a public expression of those bonds, the intricate set…

— Ira Sachs

Working with David Cronenberg or Darren Aronofsky or even Steven Soderbergh isn't really like a typical Hollywood movie. These are true artists, and have…

— Vincent Cassel

Analytical philosophy was very interesting. It always struck me as being very interesting and full of tremendous intellectual curiosities. It is wonderful to see…

— Joseph Conrad

When I first came to Washington, what I admired most was that people were just really, really smart with a tremendous amount of intellectual…

— Ezra Klein

In Shankaracharya we saw tremendous intellectual power, throwing the scorching light of reason upon everything.

— Swami Vivekananda

I think what drives scientists is this tremendous intellectual adventure - pushing the boundaries of knowledge, walking down a track that nobody has walked…

— Suzanne Cory

If film making is magic, there's a difference between close up magic and David Copperfield. If you're doing close up magic, which independent filmmakers…

— Guillermo del Toro

Nobody really truly supporting independent filmmakers anymore. It's just dire. There's a lot of bad filmmaking, and there's a lot of people worshipping some…

— Daniel Gillies

In London, there must be thousands of people in the business of making films, whereas in Nottingham or Sheffield, you're probably talking about below…

— Shane Meadows

Most independent filmmakers in Britain and North America work for commercial crews and then have their own projects when they've got enough money saved…

— Ann Macbeth

We are here predominantly to support independent filmmakers and their needs. We are also here to assist people actually in their production, non-commercial people…

— Ann Macbeth

As an independent filmmaker, the biggest challenge is finding the money. Whenever you have interest in a film project you need to find investors…

— Harrison Smith

I think independent filmmakers, documentary filmmakers - they are journalists.

— Robert Redford

The problem for independent filmmakers is that huge companies control all the promotion, all the advertising. Hollywood films' advertising budgets are as large as…

— Robert Kane Pappas

I probably live in the best province for independent filmmakers. Manitoba has a sort of thieving-magpie approach, trying to lift productions from other provinces…

— Guy Maddin