Able Quote by Griffin Dunne

I don't really make movies because I want to see my face on a billboard or because I want to get good reviews or…

— Joaquin Phoenix

I hate to write and spend months just waiting for the film to get financed. Then when you start preparing the film and you…

— Olivier Assayas

I always gravitate towards the independent side of things, just because those are the stories I always fall in love with, but you don't…

— Aaron Paul

I feel like when you do things with such a small budget, it actually makes you be more creative... and allows you to concentrate…

— Oren Peli

Creatively, it's great, because when you write your own movies, you get to create whatever you want.

— Grant Heslov

I just like to do work that inspires me, and I don't pay any attention to whether it's a high- or low-budget movie.

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

I like the intimacy of independent films and I like the idea that people aren't being paid necessarily as much money as some one…

— Kim Shaw

I do a film if it interests me, has a connect with the audience and some entertainment value. The rest doesn't matter.

— Bipasha Basu

There are many people who want to make movies and very few opportunities for them to do it. I had a checkered early career…

— Curtis Hanson

I think whatever amount a producer invests in me... whether it is a huge amount or not, it is a big budget for me…

— Sanjay Mishra

I choose not to be in front of the camera. Sometimes I do get offered parts, but I really like just making movies and…

— Bobcat Goldthwait

I love the energy of an independent film set. No one is there for the money. Everyone is there 'cause they really want to…

— Mamie Gummer