Independent Film Quotes - Page 2

• 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 film.

  Forest Whitaker

  Independent, Unique, Film

  Source: collider.com

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• I do like working on independent films where it is a smaller budget and less pressure. The pace is also quicker than that of a big budget film. You are shooting at a fairly fast pace. Sitting around for three or four days can be quite draining. So I guess in terms of film or television, I would say filming an independent feature.

  Colm Meaney

  Independent, Three, Pace

  Source: www.broadwayworld.com

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• I haven't done a lot of studio movies, but studio movies and independent films are always just as fun as each other.

  Kodi Smit-McPhee

  Fun, Independent, Done

  "SXSW 2014: Kodi Smit-McPhee Talks THE WILDERNESS OF JAMES, Being Free with the Character, DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. March 09, 2014.

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• I try to balance independent films with commercial films, and I've done a pretty good job of it over the years.

  John Travolta

  Jobs, Independent, Years

  "Wild Hogs - John Travolta interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• I want to have the illegitimate child of independent film making and the budget to make it. That's my aspiration.

  Duncan Jones

  Children, Independent, Want

  Source: collider.com

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• The truth for me is that I've been doing independent film since the get-go, so that's a big passion of mine, but the big ones are really fun, too. I like my world to be eclectic.

  Lynn Collins

  Fun, Passion, Independent

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The majority of work I do is in independent films, where you're lucky if you have five takes.

  Patricia Clarkson

  Independent, Majority, Lucky

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• Newlyweds shooting budget: 5k for actors, 2k insurance, 2k food and drink. 9k in the can. We only shot 12 days. That's how to make an independent film.

  Edward Burns

  Independent, Actors, Shooting

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I might do my own independent film, that my husband wrote for me, if all the ducks are in a row.

  Erica Durance

  Husband, Independent, Ducks

  "Erica Durance Interview SMALLVILLE". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 30, 2011.

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• In the '80s, I can't say that Amy and I were aware of an independent film community. We could only get a certain amount of money for our pictures, which made them low budget movies, but they were distributed through studios.

  Griffin Dunne

  Independent, Community, Amy

  "Griffin Dunne is 'Famous'". Interview with Anthony Kaufman, www.indiewire.com. August 21, 2001.

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• As far as acting in films, there is not much out there that is very interesting to do. The ones that are interesting to me are independent films and they have trouble raising money. With people putting their money into blockbusters, there is not much left for the independents.

  Karen Allen

  Independent, People, Interesting

  "Interview: Karen Allen and the Kingdom of Her Crystal Life". Interview with PatrickMcD, hollywoodchicago.com. September 29, 2009.

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• It's just hard to get an independent film made.

  Luke Evans

  Independent, Film, Made

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I've been blessed in my career to be able to do studio and independent films.

  Jackson Rathbone

  Blessed, Independent, Careers

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• 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 for the most part those films of substance that the studios are reluctant to finance.

  Mark Rydell

  Independent, Directors, Substance

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• For the most part, the American film market has become very corporatised, even independent film to a degree, and because of the corporate management mentality, they want to take the safe way.

  Anthony LaPaglia

  Independent, Degrees, Safe

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• On an independent film, you really learn about pace. You have so little time to do things, that you really have to know your scenes.

  Juno Temple

  Independent, Pace, Littles

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• But, I love making independent films. I love it! You create a family, and you sweat, you bleed, you cry, you shout, you laugh and you hug. It's such an extraordinary experience, making independent films.

  Juno Temple

  Independent, Sweat, Laughing

  "Juno Temple Talks LITTLE BIRDS, Sexuality vs. Violence in Film, and Playing a Fairy in MALEFICENT" by Christina Radish, collider.com. August 28, 2012.

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• I've been doing independent films for 10 years, but one out of five didn't see the light of day.

  Scoot McNairy

  Independent, Light, Years

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• The films that I really liked and the ones that really blew my mind when I was younger were independent films. They're like great records to me.

  Jim Sturgess

  Independent, Mind, Records

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• In independent film you tend to have stories that involve more of a community, and the smaller characters are important to the story.

  David Morse

  Character, Independent, Community

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• Many of us had this idea of doing independent film, of making personal, relevant films, as opposed to Hollywood fluff. I directed a few.

  Robert Kane Pappas

  Independent, Ideas, Hollywood

  "Can the Corporate Media Turn Lies Into Truth?". Interview with Mark Karlin, www.scoop.co.nz. August 12, 2011.

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• I come from a background of independent films.

  Mia Wasikowska

  Independent, Film, Backgrounds

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• The independent films are really where I kind of come from and where I feel comfortable. It's never been about the blockbusters and making a huge tonne of money. It's always been about wanting to do projects about the things that I think are important to be out there.

  Mia Wasikowska

  Independent, Thinking, Important

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• From a production point of view, I still have one foot firmly planted in the independent film world, and much of the shooting on 'Jumper' was done 'Swingers'-style because that was the only way we could afford to do it.

  Doug Liman

  Independent, Views, Feet

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• Just being able to make exactly what I want with my brother and a lot of my best friend and to have a place like HBO that not only lets you do that, but supports you and puts up billboards in support of it, and really puts it out there for you. That's not something I get a lot in the independent film world where everybody's pinching pennies and nervous about whether it's going to make money or not.

  Mark Duplass

  Brother, Independent, Hbo

  Source: collider.com

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