Executives Quote by Donald E. Westlake

I like to work with directors where you feel they make the movies not for the audience, but make them for themselves. They don't…

— Udo Kier

Actors dread working with studios because they dictate what you do in a way that independent movies can't.

— Jesse Eisenberg

I've spent a great deal of my life doing independent film, and that is partly because the subject matter interests me and partly because…

— John Hurt

People always ask why I don't make independent movies. I do make independent movies - I just make them at Sony and Paramount.

— David Fincher

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

— Ron Eldard

The vast majority of our film producers are independent producers who live hand to mouth trying to get projects made that they love. They…

— Marshall Herskovitz

I'm so sick of independent films being co-opted by Hollywood. You're making a project that's small, really personal, and the first thing anyone asks…

— Justin Lin

I love independent filmmaking. I don't agree with a lot of it, but that's the point.

— Gena Rowlands

The only way independent cinema can come out of its own rut is by learning to be more consistent. An indie filmmaker should feel…

— Ranvir Shorey

Oh, I love making independent films, it's such a special, magical thing because you collaborate with a small group of people and everyone's pitching…

— Olivia Thirlby

I consider myself an independent filmmaker.

— M. Night Shyamalan

I've always stayed independent, but I've always felt an obligation to make movies an untutored audience could like.

— Paul Morrissey