Cinema Quote by Parker Posey

I don't think of the 'indie film world' as this cohesive kind of world anyhow. It's so disparate: all these different filmmakers seeking financing…

— Brad Anderson

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

— Parker Posey

How movies are financed, it's a world market now... I feel like, you know, the independent film way of working is something that was…

— Parker Posey

The film industry is so fickle about financing, and it's so difficult to get movies made.

— Chloe Sevigny

I think indie films have more of a fresh, experimental vibe about them, whereas studio films know what they want and can basically get…

— Kodi Smit-McPhee

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

The major studios are by and large banks, and they give you what is by and large a loan to make a movie. Like…

— Sean Penn

The only reason an indie gets made is because someone has a burning passion to do it and won't take no for an answer,…

— William H. Macy

Many films you see in theaters are financed through outside sources. With big films, the studio will pay, hoping to reap the reward of…

— Jay Chandrasekhar

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

There's something different about an indie film than a TV show that has a huge infrastructure that's in place already for you - at…

— Alessandro Nivola

It's very difficult to break into motion pictures, but it's oddly easier for directors today because of independent films and cable, who have inherited…

— Mark Rydell