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There's something I really love about independent filmmaking. Everyone is a little bit more close-knit, and you rely on people a little bit more.…

— Thomas Ian Nicholas

As an independent filmmaker, the biggest challenge is finding the money. Whenever you have interest in a film project you need to find investors…

— Harrison Smith

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

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

Movies, far more than the traditional arts, are tied to big money. Without a few independent critics, there's nothing between the public and the…

— Pauline Kael

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

I'm so sick of independent films being co-opted by Hollywood. You're making a project that's small, really personal, and the first thing anyone asks…

— Justin Lin

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

There is a sort of creative purity in an independent film, in the passion of the director, the passion of the crew. They're not…

— Amy Irving

Today, filmmaking isn't just about shooting and releasing. You've to structure the marketing of a film.

— Ram Gopal Varma

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 vast majority of our film producers are independent producers who live hand to mouth trying to get projects made that they love. They…

— Marshall Herskovitz