Deals Quote by Todd Haynes

It's a new business for me to be a filmmaker.

— Isabella Rossellini

As a filmmaker, you want people to understand and get what you do, and it's a lot to ask for.

— Bennett Miller

To make a real independent film where the filmmaker is in charge creatively, one must sacrifice personal, financial, and physical well-being.

— Mark Polish

As a director and filmmaker, I love creating my own opportunity, and getting to share the love, in that way, by creating other opportunities…

— Mark Webber

I'm pretty committed to being a filmmaker because it incorporates everything I love: music, art direction, story, and you know - everything.

— Adria Petty

I worked on three independent movies in close succession and I really learned from those directors how to stay on budget, make your days,…

— Michael Urie

What is my intention being a filmmaker? To make as much money as possible, or get as much attention as possible? It's not really…

— James Gunn

For me as a filmmaker, I do the projects I'm really excited about.

— Laura Ziskin

I want to do my own thing, and I'm trying to get closer to realizing that as a filmmaker.

— Charlie Kaufman

The main thing that's important to me is getting to do whatever project it is the way that I do what I do, and…

— Christopher Guest

For me, whether or not a film has some kind of massive budget or is an independent film, or however it's getting made, it's…

— Bryce Dallas Howard

It's a unique experience when you're doing an independent film where you have one person who puts up all the funds to make the…

— Forest Whitaker