Black Quote by Gabrielle Union

I don't think of the 'indie film world' as this cohesive kind of world anyhow. It's so disparate: all these different filmmakers seeking financing…

— Brad Anderson

Indie movies can be a lot more stressful than studio pictures. The stakes are just as high whether you're talking $3 million or $40 million.

— Brian Reitzell

There's some freedom that you get with indie films that you don't get with the big-budget ones. There's just a different style. I hope…

— Maika Monroe

When I was still doing indie, it was just purely art. I don't think about how much I will get paid or how much…

— Coco Martin

While more great films are being made every year, it is increasingly difficult to get indies into theaters or on TV.

— Terry Semel

Many indie movies are fighting for survival in a world full of 'Micro-Budget' films and 200 Million dollar 'tent-pole' blockbusters. Surely there is room…

— Ti West

The only reason an indie gets made is because someone has a burning passion to do it and won't take no for an answer,…

— William H. Macy

In the '90s, indie movies could get financing, because financers gave money straight to directors... Now it's a different system. Indie movies got co-opted…

— Parker Posey

One indie film does well, for example a 'Bheja Fry,' that gets money for another 20 indie projects. But as soon as the first…

— Ranvir Shorey

It seems like the studios are either making giant blockbusters, or really super-small indies. And the mid-level films I grew up on, like 'Back…

— Chris Evans

Studio films are driven by marketing. The currency is literally money. But in the indie world, the currency is passion.

— Justin Lin

A lot of the big-budget movies, craft-wise, are amazing, but have a boring story. And the indies have their idiosyncrasies.

— Samuel Ervin Beam