Cinema Quote by Melvin Van Peebles

When we talk about 'Sweetback,' yes, it stars the whole black movement, but it's also the first time an independent film made that kind…

— Melvin Van Peebles

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

— Sean Bean

What happened when 'Sweetback' made all that money, the studios were in a very difficult position. They wanted the money, but they didn't the…

— Melvin Van Peebles

People in independent film have a passion; they're not in it for the money.

— Gena Rowlands

Making an independent film is so different.

— Nancy Juvonen

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

Before I made 'Sweetback,' I had a three-picture deal with Columbia and enough juice, if I was real clever with it, to proclaim that…

— Melvin Van Peebles

I've always felt that an independent film is a film that almost doesn't get made.

— Glenn Close

The studios insisted that only stars could make movies successful. And that was the real disappointment of the time. You'd see great writer-directors in…

— Parker Posey

The good thing about the studio is that, when the movie comes out, they will put their marketing and their money behind it, which…

— Jamie Linden

Independent films are where you really get to cut your teeth and have some fun and do the things that mainstream Hollywood doesn't want…

— Anthony Anderson

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