I can Quote by John Waters

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

— Sheryl Lee

I've never tried to make a movie to pay an overhead. We're in a very creative business, and I want to make movies because…

— Graham King

I don't choose to make movies as small as the movies I've made. The combined budget of my two films is far under $5…

— Barry Jenkins

You make a film for a million dollars and then it costs $10 million to sell it. That's the problem at the moment with…

— Vilmos Zsigmond

I don't want to produce anymore small or independent movies because it's just too hard these days.

— John Cusack

To be honest, you have to do a big Hollywood film to get enough money to do a good independent film!

— Sean Bean

Yet I never want to make a movie purely for the money.

— Richard King

It's very difficult to raise money, especially in the United States, for independent movies.

— Gael Garcia Bernal

The only reason I ever do an independent film is that I believe in it, and I think it has something special to offer.…

— Jason Ritter

I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable.

— J. J. Abrams

You can make a really good film for under a million dollars, like 'October Baby,' or under a half million, like 'Hardflip.'

— John Schneider

I always, as a firm rule, make my movies based on how inexpensively I can make them because that means the more freedom I'm…

— Nicolas Winding Refn