Cinema Quote by Edward Norton

You know, independent films have been institutionalized, practically. Every studio has got a boutique arthouse label. There's like, 18 different independent film-financing funds. In…

— Edward Norton

Independent film is almost nonexistent right now, because all the distributers that used to love to put out these little art films are all…

— Ron Perlman

In the '80s, I can't say that Amy and I were aware of an independent film community. We could only get a certain amount…

— Griffin Dunne

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

I'm interested in the kind of anti-establishment ethos that goes with making an independent movie. I like to bring that to studio films -…

— Doug Liman

It's becoming increasingly harder and harder; there's no such thing as independent film anymore. There aren't any, they don't exist. In the old days…

— Gary Oldman

In the early '90s, when those little art films started coming out, we were introduced to Quentin Tarantino and guys like that, and independent…

— Ron Perlman

Making an independent film is so different.

— Nancy Juvonen

The independent film business is pretty much gone. Now you can do it in a format where you actually get to develop a character…

— Billy Bob Thornton

The 1960s and 1970s were the real years for independent film, because they were really independent. Plus, there were hundreds of distributors. There were…

— John Landis

I was around New York at a time when independent cinema was at its peak and became kind of popular and mainstream. It got…

— Parker Posey

Above all, film is a business... Independence is a really cool thing as you can be a bit more bold, and take a few…

— Mel Gibson