Deadline Quote by Thom Powers

What's so great about Sundance is that they only accept such a small handful of films per year for dramatic competition, so you know…

— Aaron Paul

[Sundance is] giving people a chance - many first-time filmmakers. It carries that weight - if you bring something here, people connect with it…

— Elijah Wood

A lot of directors, they don't go into the editing room during the shoot. When they come back, they've forgotten what they've shot. That's…

— Til Schweiger

There's so many great films coming out. It's still kind of astonishing to me how certain films get ignored, and that film ended up…

— Elvis Mitchell

Sundance is a really special place. They're very protective of movies, especially lower-budget movies.

— Marc Webb

It didn't get into Sundance although I showed a rough cut which is a mistake to all filmmakers out there.

— Donal Logue

There were just two of us women filmmakers at Sundance in '94, and there was no sense of camaraderie or welcoming - no fault…

— Kelly Reichardt

I grew up thinking there was something called 'independent film,' which I wouldn't necessarily have had access to if there wasn't Sundance.

— Ira Sachs

There are so many screenwriters with incredible stories to tell, so I hope there will be some kind of shift in the business where…

— Callie Khouri

Doing anything on a movie at Sundance is great.

— Nicholas Jarecki

Sundance claimed to be "rebellious" on all of their programs, but they are not. Most of the movies at Sundance were multi-million dollar pictures…

— Yony Leyser

In an old model, the way a film would imprint itself on the public's consciousness is to get a theatrical run. But now there…

— Thom Powers