Able Quote by Martin Scorsese

I was very well paid for my age, and I could make choices, decide not to do a film for six months and wait…

— Charlotte Gainsbourg

I'd formed a research and development company under the banner of Paramount Pictures back in about 1975, and its mandate was to explore advanced…

— Douglas Trumbull

When the small independent film, which depends on its artistic appeal rather than wide commercial distribution by an MPAA member, is now denied access,…

— Norman Jewison

I would love for film to go back to those days where you had to be able to do everything just to get by.

— Taye Diggs

The things I have sold to film, I've sold because I was happy to rent out the right to adapt those works. Some things,…

— Warren Ellis

I like the values in Flicka, and I wanted to do a movie my kids could see and be proud of.

— Tim McGraw

All my films represent my own needs and wants.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

The biggest challenge is how you get money for independent films, in these ever-changing times when most people don't really want to invest in…

— Famke Janssen

I wanted to be a part of commercial cinema.

— Angad Bedi

I would like to do more feature work. I intend to do that. To be really honest, it's an economic thing because when you…

— Roman Coppola

I wanted to be a film student again, as a man in my 60s. To go someplace alone and see what you can cook…

— Francis Ford Coppola

My philosophy is to make movies with the biggest possible budget that will allow it to be made in an independent fashion.

— M. Night Shyamalan