“My philosophy is to make movies with the biggest possible budget that will allow it to be made in an independent fashion.” MadePhilosophyFashionIndependentBudgets Author:M. Night Shyamalan
“I want to have the illegitimate child of independent film making and the budget to make it. That's my aspiration.” WantChildrenFilmIndependentBudgetsAspirationIndependent FilmIllegitimate Child Author:Duncan Jones
“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 always about the filmmaker and, hopefully, being a vessel for the filmmaker's vision. That's what really attracts me to projects.” KindMadeFilmVisionProjectsIndependentMade ItHopefullyBudgetsFilmmakerMassiveVesselIndependent Film Author:Bryce Dallas Howard
“After six years of working on low-budget independent films of the too-weird-to-watch variety, being asked by DreamWorks to come and play with the big boys, it was like finding an unicorn in your sock drawer.” YearsPlayBigsFilmBoysWatchesSixFindingsLowsIndependentVarietyBudgetsSockDrawersUnicornIndependent FilmDreamworks Author:Sienna Guillory
“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.” BigsFilmThreeTermFourTelevisionSittingPressureIndependentShootingBudgetsFeaturesPaceSitting AroundIndependent FilmDraining Author:Colm Meaney
“I like working in both movies and television. Television is faster, not very much rehearsal and a lot of material is shot in a day. Big budget movies are luxurious in terms of the schedule. Independent films often shoot fast as well.” WellsBigsFilmTermTelevisionMaterialsShotsIndependentFasterBudgetsSchedulesRehearsalIndependent FilmLuxurious Author:Juliet Landau
“Well, the whole trick to doing an independent film, is to keep great pace and momentum. You're shooting maybe three times as many scenes in one day that you would on a big, luxurious budget on a luxurious schedule, and you try not to sacrifice quality for that. Things are just compressed, but essentially the same.” TryingWellsWholeBigsFilmThreeQualitySacrificeSceneOne DayIndependentTricksShootingBudgetsPaceSchedulesThree TimesMomentumIndependent FilmLuxurious Author:Kevin Kline
“On the set of an independent film you can tell that nobody is doing it for the money. Everyone is there because they love the script. A smaller budget sort of unifies everyone; it's a real team effort and that's amazing. But these opportunities just don't present themselves that often for me, so basically any chance I get to do something different I jump on it.” DifferentRealFilmOpportunityChanceEffortTeamIndependentScriptsBudgetsIndependent FilmTeam Effort Author:Will Ferrell
“I don't call myself an 'independent filmmaker'. Either a concept works within a studio system or it doesn't. If it does then you should try to get a studio budget so that you can use all of the tools they have to get what you want. If it doesn't then you look elsewhere, or make it yourself.” IfsWantShouldTryingLooksDoeUseConceptsToolsIndependentStudiosWhat You WantBudgetsFilmmakerElsewhere Author:Andrew Neel
“Independent film is such a huge deal in the UK. There aren't many big budget studio movies that get greenlit at all. The indie film industy is a great opportunity that I'm trying to seize.” TryingBigsFilmOpportunityDealsHugeIndependentStudiosBudgetsGreat OpportunityIndependent FilmIndie Films Author:Aml Ameen
“I do love directing. I'm only comfortable working in the independent film arena for a very small budget where I have creative control and I can put my stamp on it.” I CanFilmCreativeComfortableIndependentBudgetsStampsArenaIndependent Film Author:Vera Farmiga
“The biggest problem with the independent film sector in Toronto is that they find themselves having to make that budget show on screen.” ShowsProblemFilmIndependentScreensBudgetsIndependent FilmToronto Author:Atom Egoyan
“I don't know what the misconceptions are, but I approach a small budget, artsy, independent movie in the same way as a big budget, commercial Hollywood movie. I don't get into those [details]. I have to get into my character and I concentrate on that, on the story, on researching, and on certain training if I have to be prepared physically. I think that's the most important thing.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayImportantCharacterStoriesBigsCertainApproachTrainingHollywoodIndependentImportant ThingsPreparedDetailsBudgetsBe PreparedMisconceptionHollywood Movies Author:Olga Kurylenko
“It's always a challenge to make an independent film. It's always a challenge to make a low budget film.” FilmChallengesLowsIndependentBudgetsIndependent Film Author:Anne Heche
“To make a low-budget independent is not easy work.” EasyLowsIndependentBudgetsEasy Work Author:W. Earl Brown
“The problem for independent filmmakers is that huge companies control all the promotion, all the advertising. Hollywood films' advertising budgets are as large as their shooting budgets.” ProblemFilmCompanyHugeHollywoodIndependentAdvertisingShootingBudgetsFilmmakerPromotionHollywood Films Author:Robert Kane Pappas
“I didn't know there were at least as many terrible independent movies as there are big-budget ones. Like, every single year. And bad in a worse way, too. They're just parodies of themselves sometimes.” KnowsWayYearsSometimesBigsTerribleIndependentBudgetsParody Author:Kyle Parker
“If I had my choice, I would do the same little independent films, but they would have $100 million budgets, so I could get paid a fortune and hang out in a huge trailer.” IfsLittlesFilmChoicesMillionsHugePaidIndependentFortuneBudgetsHanging OutTrailersIndependent Film Author:William H. Macy
“I think everybody's contemplating TV now, because mid-level and high-budget independent films are not being made now.” ThinkingMadeFilmLevelsTvsIndependentBudgetsContemplatingIndependent Film Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“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!” I CanBigsFilmIndependentScriptsCraftsBudgetsIndependent FilmIndie Films Author:Anthony Mackie
“It's becoming increasingly harder and harder; there's no such thing as independent film anymore. There aren't any, they don't exist. In the old days you could go and get a certain amount of the budget with foreign sales, now everybody wants a marketable angle.” WantFilmCertainAmountBecomingHarderIndependentBudgetsAngleOld DaysIndependent Film Author:Gary Oldman
“'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
“Since Star Wars, that film's success led to bigger budgets, more hardware, that the great movies like the ones I did, which were studio movies, are now independent movies. They range from half a million to several million, and a lot of those have very interesting roles.” WarFilmStarsInterestingHalfRolesMillionsBiggerIndependentStudiosRangeBudgetsVery InterestingHardware Author:Faye Dunaway
“I've had some of the best craft services on independent movies, actually, because they get more creative, generally, with a smaller budget. The work is still the same. I didn't really notice the difference other than I was getting dressed behind a curtain, basically.” StillsDifferencesBehindsCreativeIndependentCraftsBudgetsCurtainsGetting Dressed Author:Jennifer Beals
“To find a good story, you’re generally going to find it in independent or lower budget movies... I wouldn’t mind doing a big budget movie if it had a great story.” IfsMindStoriesBigsIndependentBudgetsGood Story Author:Viggo Mortensen