Audience Quote by Parker Posey

The excitement about independent filmmaking is that they're a little more open to taking chances. The studios are a little more careful, as far…

— Malin Akerman

It's not always about playing the lead. It's also about being associated with an important and good film.

— Nikita Dutta

With an independent film, you have a little more freedom, and you also have less money, so you're sort of struggling to get it…

— Ryan Eggold

It's considered a coup to become a lead on a kind of cutting-edge television series. I mean, that's a plus for your feature film…

— Holly Hunter

Indie movies got co-opted by the studio system. The studios insisted that only stars could make movies successful.

— Parker Posey

Studio movies are looking more like independent movies and independent movies are looking more like studio movies, and I think cinema is better now…

— Mark Ruffalo

Independent film making is very collaborative. You feel like it's you, the director and other actors and you really feel like you have the…

— Michael B. Jordan

Films have bigger budgets unlike singles, so producers benefit more from them.

— Ankit Tiwari

It is more difficult to make film which does not have a big name. People start questioning the cast and the budget.

— Farah Khan

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

When you work on big commercial movies, of course there's more money involved and you can still do some good work. But with an…

— Dennis Haysbert

Because audiences all over the world can see an independent film almost anywhere and anytime, these new distribution outlets have opened a door that…

— Gren Wells