“Independent film is for actors that love to act.” FilmActorsIndependentIndependent Film Author:John Leguizamo
“I think that the potential for homegrown terrorist attacks is something that we have to be very concerned about, because, in many respects, it's harder to detect when you have an independent actor who may be living in our midst, in our own communities.” ThinkingMayActorsCommunityConcernedHarderIndependentTerroristMidstTerrorist AttacksHomegrown Author:Jeh Johnson
“Like all independent movies, the first thing you're looking for is a name actor who will justify your financing.” FirstsActorsNamesIndependentJustifyFinancing Author:Steven Shainberg
“What you realize is it's not about financial success as an artist. A lot of actors and actresses, producers, writers, and the creative people in the business realize that. It's not about that. Yeah, we all want to be successful, but we all just want to create and we want to tell the stories. We want to continue creating the opportunities to be able to continue doing what we love. So, at the end of the day, I feel like it's a win-win for everybody to be able to make these independent films.” PeopleWantFeelsEndsStoriesAbleFilmArtistActorsOpportunityWinningRealizingCreativeSuccessfulCreatingIndependentYeahFinancialActressesProducersBeing SuccessfulThe End Of The DayCreative PeopleIndependent FilmWin WinFinancial SuccessActors And Actresses Author:Jennifer Lopez
“I've done a couple of movies for scale, and it's the only way to get a lot of these independent movies made. The actors negotiate deals where they're given just enough money to live on during the filming, but then they participate in the back-end. If the movie suddenly makes a gazillion dollars, we'll participate in that profit.” IfsWayMadeEndsDoneEnoughActorsGivenDealsCoupleIndependentDollarsProfitScales Author:Kevin Kline
“The sad thing about our society is that women are put in one of two categories. You're either in the beautiful category and you're seen as sexy and beautiful, or some version of that, or you're put into another category... The latter category affords women the opportunity to be smart, funny, independent, mean, strong, intelligent and opinionated. We take them seriously as politicians, if they fit into that latter category. We respect their opinions more and give them higher expectations. That latter category is what allows female actors to be characters.” IfsGivingMeanTwoCharacterBeautifulActorsOpportunityStrongOpinionHigherPoliticianFitSmartExpectationsFemaleIntelligentIndependentSexyVersionsLatterOur SocietyCategoriesBeing SmartOpinionatedSad Things Author:Amber Heard
“Independent film making is very collaborative. You feel like it's you, the director and other actors and you really feel like you have the final say. When you do the bigger films, the studio has to give the final thumbs up and they're usually not big on risk taking because they're trying to make money.” GivingFeelsTryingBigsFilmActorsRiskLike YouDirectorsBiggerIndependentFinalsStudiosMaking MoneyThumbsRisk-takingIndependent FilmThumbs Up Author:Michael B. Jordan
“I've really dreamed of doing television. All of us do television, coming up. But when I was coming up, television was a black hole for actors. Now, television has a certain cache. Now everybody wants to be on TV because they're doing adult dramas. If you're an actor, it's like, "Well, get me on television," because it's the only place you can do it and also make a living at it. If my kids need shoes, I better do a TV show because I damn sure don't make any money with independent films.” IfsWantNeedsWellsShowsKidsFilmCertainActorsBlackCan DoTelevisionTvsDramaAdultsIndependentShoesHolesDamnTv ShowsYou Can Do ItIndependent FilmBlack HoleCache Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“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.” WorldLittlesCharacterWould BeFilmActorsFeltIndependentFortunateIntimateMassiveIndependent Film Author:Chris Hemsworth
“There is this thing called Actors Access, which is run by the breakdown services. What they do is they put up casting notices that are available to everyone. Because there's thousands and thousands of actors and there are student films and grad student films and, sometimes, some small independent projects that are on there.” SometimesRunningFilmActorsStudentsProjectsIndependentAvailableAccessCastingBreakdownGrad Author:Bostin Christopher
“I feel like with actors wanting to direct, you really only have a shot or two. You can't just make a bunch of little independent movies, and then finally one gets noticed. You have to make a really good one right away.” FeelsLittlesTwoActorsShotsDirectIndependentBunch Author:Neil Patrick Harris
“We call my son's role in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy Sean's little independent movie.” LittlesActorsIndependentMovieSean Author:Patty Duke
“I love independent filmmaking. I don't agree with a lot of it, but that's the point.” ActorsIndependentAgreeMovieFilmmakingIndependent Filmmaking Author:Gena Rowlands
“I'd like to be wanted for my body, too! As an actor I want to play all different kinds of women - independent women but also very vulnerable women.” WantKindDifferentPlayBodyWantedActorsIndependentVulnerableDifferent KindsIndependent Women Author:Rachel Weisz
“I'm definitely a fan of sort of dramas, independent sort of social dramas where you play really challenging roles. Every actor wants to play those dark roles and it's definitely true for me and I'd love to kind of challenge myself in any way possible.” WayWantKindPlayActorsSocialChallengesDarkRolesFansDramaIndependent Author:Nathalie Emmanuel
“I really like to work with theater actors. Theater actors tend to do lots of independent movies, and those are the actors that I like.” ActorsTheaterIndependent Author:Jason Blum
“Having been an actor, I always want to leave room for the actors to find their comfort zone, so I don't like to be too rigid in how I plan my shots. It's different if you have weeks to rehearse and you can rehearse on your sets or in your locations and you can plan that out with your actors, but in modern independent filmmaking, you don't really have that time. You have to have a certain level of improvisation.” IfsWantDifferentCertainActorsLevelsRoomsPlansWeekModernComfortShotsIndependentZoneFilmmakingLocationComfort ZoneImprovisationIndependent Filmmaking Author:Eric Balfour
“I want to do a movie, but it has to be the right movie, whether it's independent or a studio movie. I'm much more open to being a supporting actor. At the age of 60, I'll be second fiddle. Fine. I'm happy to do it.” WantAgeActorsFineIndependentStudiosFiddleSupporting Actors Author:Robin Williams
“When you work on a movie, especially an independent movie, it's a lot of work to make it! It's not just our job as actors - so many people are working so hard, and even the littlest movie takes a lot of work.” PeopleHardJobsActorsIndependentWorking So Hard Author:Zooey Deschanel
“I think most of the time with independent films, you don't know where it's gonna end up. I've done a number of films that may never see the light of day, so it ends up being exclusively about the content, material, the characters and the story. Things that you maybe wouldn't get an opportunity to do otherwise. So, as an actor, obviously it's so different.” ThinkingKnowsMayDifferentEndsDoneCharacterStoriesLightFilmActorsOpportunityNumbersMaterialsIndependentIndependent Film Author:Alison Brie
“It's really a great luxury to have, to be able to go from big films to indie films, too. Because I'm on the job learning as an actor, and independent films is where I'm learning to act.” BigsAbleJobsFilmActorsIndependentLuxuryIndependent FilmIndie Films Author:Dave Bautista
“'Ten Year' was probably - I might say 'Ten Year' was my favorite filming experience of anything I ever worked on. It was totally different from 'Moneyball' in that it was a small budget, independent movie. It had a giant ensemble of actors, all of whom were basically working for free.” YearsDifferentMightActorsTenIndependentMy FavoriteBudgetsGiantsEnsemble Author:Chris Pratt
“A great actor is independent of the poet, because the supreme essence of feeling does not reside in prose or in verse, but in the accent with which it is delivered.” DoeFeelingsActorsPoetEssenceIndependentSupremeProseVersesAccentsGreat ActorsIndependent Women Author:Lee Strasberg
“I feel 100% sure that I have the career that I have today because of independent filmmaking.” FeelsTodayActorsCareersIndependentMovieFilmmakingIndependent Filmmaking Author:Charlize Theron