Independent films Quotes

I come from a background of independent films.

— Mia Wasikowska

I personally like to do independent films.

— Famke Janssen

Maybe I'm more suited to making small independent films.

— Rick Famuyiwa

A lot of independent films offer a harsh reality check.

— Aubrey Plaza

You cannot make a living doing independent films.

— Lexi Alexander

I did a few independent films, but there is no money in them.

— Sheryl Lee

Give us a break! I've hardly done anything but independent films.

— Emily Blunt

I watch mostly independent films.

— Reed Hastings

The independent films are really where I kind of come from and where I feel comfortable.

— Mia Wasikowska

A film like 'Kai Po Che!', 'Queen', 'Behen Hogi Teri' and 'Bareilly Ki Barfi' are not really independent films.

— Rajkummar Rao

The studios didn't really take independent films seriously, till 'Sweetback' was such a financial success.

— Melvin Van Peebles

Big films help your reach a wider audience, and doing independent films keeps your artistic side happy.

— Pankaj Tripathi

I've been blessed in my career to be able to do studio and independent films.

— Jackson Rathbone

I've done a lot of independent films that not a lot of people have seen.

— Katia Winter

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

— John Travolta

You know, independent films have been institutionalized, practically. Every studio has got a boutique arthouse label.

— Edward Norton

In some ways, many of the skills you have as a producer on independent films also apply to making big tentpole films:…

— David Heyman

I was still making movies so it wasn't as if I were working in a bar, but they were independent films that…

— Linda Fiorentino

It's hard to make a living at independent films, at least in my experience. It can be hard to be really creatively…

— Julianne Nicholson

It's so nice that there's all this new space for new, good content. It's good news for us actors, since nobody makes…

— Gaby Hoffmann

My goals are to continue acting and also to produce some independent films in the next few years. Music is a passion…

— Sasha Grey

Independent films are where you really get to cut your teeth and have some fun and do the things that mainstream Hollywood…

— Anthony Anderson

Independent films, for the most part, to me, are not so independent. They often feel like people auditioning for a big commercial…

— Ron Eldard

But I think the thing I'm proud of about the film is that there aren't many films - either independent films or…

— Patrick Marber

You've got these big studio films and these tiny independent films now. It's very much either/or. With the independent films, it's always…

— Imogen Poots

I think most of the time with independent films, you don't know where it's gonna end up. I've done a number of…

— Alison Brie

[Hollywood] studios are handing out money to make independent films now, but they all want the same thing. They want the style…

— Stanley Tucci

I love independent films because I love to help, I love to assist, I love to pass along knowledge or experience to…

— Tamlyn Tomita

What you realize is it's not about financial success as an artist. A lot of actors and actresses, producers, writers, and the…

— Jennifer Lopez

I have a theory that there's almost this primal viewpoint on women in the business, that once you're beyond childbearing age, you…

— Marcia Gay Harden

The movie studios, they only like to make - I make a joke, but it's true - if the movie has the…

— Rob Reiner

I'm drawn to a lot of first-time directors. One of the great common denominators in these small independent films is that there's…

— William H. Macy

I'd love to do more independent films.

— Holliday Grainger

Short films are good, especially since independent films are making waves now, more than before.

— Karthik Subbaraj

Independent films are really the best ones out there. They're the most original stories, and they're very good.

— Taika Waititi

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

— Elizabeth Olsen

A lot of times, you do independent films for passion because you may even lose money doing one, but it doesn't matter.

— Sung Kang

I love being part of huge mega blockbusters, and I love being a part of small independent films and small stage.

— Natalie Dormer

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

— Gaby Hoffmann

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