#independent film

I am an independent film-maker first and foremost. I have always cut my own cloth. ↗

— Mira Nair

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The frustrating part of it is that you're generally known for what you did last. I've had the privilege of doing some very cool independent films that, a lot of the time, the general public doesn't see unless you're at a film festival or you're into that kind of movie. ↗

— Hayden Panettiere

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The thing I've come to learn is that what's great about small independent films is the intimacy and the communication that occurs when you're making them. ↗

— Guy Pearce

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Independent film is almost nonexistent right now, because all the distributers that used to love to put out these little art films are all out of business right now, because it costs so much to open a movie. ↗

— Ron Perlman

#art #because #business #costs #film

I was concerned about that, because I've always been so specific about doing independent films, but I've never done anything that's so genuinely and ridiculously fun. And that's a great thing, for me to discover that that's possible. ↗

— Sarah Polley

#always #anything #because #been #concerned

Whereas money is a means to an end for a filmmaker, to the corporate mind money is the end. Right now, I think independent film is very confused, because there's excess pressure in the marketplace for entertainment to pay off. ↗

— Robert Redford

#confused #corporate #end #entertainment #excess

The only reason I ever do an independent film is that I believe in it, and I think it has something special to offer. I'm certainly not doing it to be a millionaire. ↗

— Jason Ritter

#certainly #doing #ever #film #i

The only place that I'd be worried about being typecast is the independent film world. ↗

— Michelle Rodriguez

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

— Spike Lee

#am #both #films #hollywood #hollywood films

To make independent films, you can't think about them too much, ponder on them too much, get overwhelmed by the enormity of it. ↗

— Michael Rapaport

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