Independent Film Quotes - Page 5

• In the beginning, it wasn't even a question of deciding I'm going to do independent film and not commercial films - I wasn't being offered any commercial films, and there wasn't an independent scene.

  Steve Buscemi

  Independent, Film, Scene

  "Living The High Life". Interview with Randee Dawn, www.backstage.com. September 30, 2003.

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• I came out of independent film, that's my roots.

  Nicolas Cage

  Independent, Roots, Film

  "Nicolas Cage Interview BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. November 17, 2009.

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• I've directed independent film.

  Vin Diesel

  Independent, Film

  "Vin Diesel Interview - Fast and Furious". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. March 25, 2009.

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• I've had a lot of experience in independent film, and about how to choose. You've got to be very discerning about where you put your five bucks, and where you cut and what you don't cut.

  Ethan Hawke

  Independent, Cutting, Bucks

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• You have the massive world that was created by Marvel, and then you have these very intimate actors around you. There was as much character work on this as there would be on a little independent film. So, I felt very fortunate in that sense.

  Chris Hemsworth

  Character, Independent, Would Be

  Interview with Wil Anderson, www.gq.com.au. April 1, 2011.

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• I personally like to do independent films.

  Famke Janssen

  Independent, Film

  Interview with Drew Toal, www.timeout.com. May 7, 2008.

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• In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?

  Famke Janssen

  Drama, Independent, Needs

  "Famke Janssen on her directorial debut, the X-Men films, and Taken 2". Interview with Sam Adams, film.avclub.com. October 8, 2012.

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• I believe that independent film making is the last frontier of creative expression available. So I'm always willing to lend a helping hand to a young film maker who's just getting into the business.

  Lloyd Kaufman

  Believe, Independent, Expression

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• Independent films have a very different cachet than success films.

  Diane Lane

  Independent, Different, Film

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• TV is sort of the only way to go for an actress my age to make a decent salary; with independent films, you just can't.

  Jessica Lange

  Independent, Age, Salary

  Interview with Ann Roth, April 2006.

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• I am a hybrid. I do independent films and also do Hollywood films - I love them both.

  Spike Lee

  Independent, Hollywood Films, Hybrid

  "Spike Lee Talks Obama, the End of Mookie's Brooklyn, and the Hollywood Color Line". Interview with Will Leitch, www.vulture.com. July 8, 2012.

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• When you're making an independent film what you don't have in time and money you have to make up with creativity and diligence.

  Matthew Lillard

  Creativity, Independent, Film

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Most of my movies are indies. The best scripts I can find are independent films. But I love big-budget movies, I love craft services!

  Anthony Mackie

  Independent, Crafts, Scripts

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

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• I love good film, whether it's an independent or studio film. The independent films, I think the good ones aren't necessarily eccentric ones but they're the more specific ones.

  Matthew McConaughey

  Independent, Thinking, Eccentric

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• This fall I'm doing something I've never done before. I'm starring in a film, an independent film.

  Michael W. Smith

  Fall, Independent, Done

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• There's a strange sense of accomplishment in making an independent film. Everything's against you; there's no time, and even less money - you bring a bottle of glue, chip in twenty bucks, and hope you all make it through the day. If you manage to finish it and it actually turns out to be pretty good, it's thrilling.

  Eric Stoltz

  Independent, Accomplishment, Glue

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

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• There was an interesting article in Los Angeles Magazine about women directors. A woman director makes one bad independent film and her career is over. Guys tend to get an opportunity to learn from their mistakes.

  Dick Wolf

  Mistake, Independent, Opportunity

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• I had not starred in an independent film and it's about a woman who owned a hair salon.

  Jenifer Lewis

  Independent, Hair, Film

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• And you know, we did it as an independent film, and we weren't expecting it to be on television, and Lifetime ended up buying it. And the viewers responded intensely to that film.

  Jenna Elfman

  Independent, Buying, Television

  Interview with Lila Holland, www.tv.com. June 14, 2006.

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• I've made a number of independent films that didn't receive theatrical distribution, that a lot of people haven't heard of, and as a result, I've conditioned myself to go into small independent films with the expectation that they will not, and therefore, I have to find my reward elsewhere.

  William Mapother

  Independent, Numbers, People

  "William Mapother Exclusive Interview ANOTHER EARTH". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 19, 2011.

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• Definition of an independent film is torture with less money and time.

  Joey Lauren Adams

  Independent, Definitions, Film

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

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• The size of a studio film lets you see technology in a way that you wouldn't on an independent film, like the gadgets and the angles and all that.

  Juno Temple

  Independent, Technology, Gadgets

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• I was still making movies so it wasn't as if I were working in a bar, but they were independent films that couldn't find distributors.

  Linda Fiorentino

  Independent, Bars, Film

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

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• And, so yeah, I'll always want to work in independent films because you're not forced into a category or a formula.

  Terrence Howard

  Independent, Want, Corny

  "Terrence Dashon Howard: A rising star". Interview with Jason Zingale, www.bullz-eye.com. August 5, 2005.

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• I believe I'm doing the right thing in trying to step away from that and to take chances and work on little independent films and do stuff like that wild dance scene.

  Patrick Warburton

  Believe, Independent, Trying

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

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