“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.” TodayFilmDifficultBreakEasierDirectorsIndependentStudiosFinanceSubstanceCablesReluctantIndependent FilmMotion Pictures Author:Mark Rydell
“There is a sort of creative purity in an independent film, in the passion of the director, the passion of the crew. They're not getting a whole lot of money, so you know they are not there because they want to get rich. Instead, they are there because they want to make a movie. In the bigger films, I remember when I used to do those, it's just a job for a lot of people, so there is less of an intense energy devoted to the whole project.” PeopleKnowsWantWholeJobsRememberFilmUsedPassionEnergyCreativeRichDirectorsProjectsBiggerIndependentIntensePurityDevotedLots Of MoneyCrewRemember WhenGet RichIndependent FilmPassion And Purity Author:Amy Irving
“They seem much rarer now, those auteur films that come out of a director's imagination and are elliptical and hermetic. All those films that got me into independent cinema when I was watching it seem thin on the ground.” SeemsFilmImaginationDirectorsIndependentCinemaAuteurs Author:Toby Jones
“In some ways, many of the skills you have as a producer on independent films also apply to making big tentpole films: You surround yourself with a brilliant director, great script and talented people in every department who are smarter than you.” PeopleWayBigsFilmDirectorsSkillsIndependentScriptsBrilliantProducersDepartmentSurroundSmarterSurround YourselfIndependent Film Author:David Heyman
“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
“It's always fun to get to do independent film because I believe that that's the life blood of film. It's about writers and directors who truly have their own vision, and that's hard.” BelieveHardFilmFunI BelieveVisionBloodDirectorsIndependentIndependent Film Author:Steve Buscemi
“I realize I am contradictory: I have an independent filmmaker's sensibility and a Hollywood director's short-attention span.” RealizingAttentionDirectorsHollywoodIndependentFilmmakerSensibilityContradictoryAttention SpanShort Attention Spans Author:Doug Liman
“Directors typically have three choices - you do a studio movie and get a paycheck up front, you do an independent movie, which is for your heart and you don't get paid up front and probably don't make any money on it, but it hopefully goes to Sundance and is more of an art movie, and then you do TV.” HeartArtChoicesThreeFrontsTvsDirectorsPaidIndependentStudiosHopefullyPaychecksSundance Author:Jason Blum
“I did a film called The Jesuit, which was an independent film. I did that shortly after Mistresses. I was still feeling soft and I was nursing, but it was a character I'd never played before. That was a Paul Schrader script, with an up-and-coming Mexican director, named Alfonso Ulloa. That has Tim Roth and Paz Vega in it, and I enjoyed that, as well.” WellsStillsCharacterFeelingsFilmDirectorsIndependentScriptsEnjoyedMexicanMistressVegasNursingIndependent FilmJesuit Author:Shannyn Sossamon
“If mutual fund directors are independent, then I'm the lead character in the Bolshoi Ballet.” IfsCharacterDirectorsIndependentFundMutualBalletMutual FundLead Characters Author:Charlie Munger
“A director who gets $150,000 per year from a company and needs the money is not independent.” NeedsYearsCompanyDirectorsIndependent Author:Charlie Munger
“I didn't want to be around anybody because it was just too much for my brain. But, as an actress, you hope you get those meaty roles that push you into the extremities of that psychology. I like doing independent films because there's more room for you to be creative, and the director allowed me to just go wherever I needed to go. It was emotional. I had to cry a lot.” WantFilmRoomsBrainRolesCreativePsychologyToo MuchCryEmotionalNeededDirectorsIndependentActressesBe CreativeIndependent FilmExtremity Author:Tinsel Korey
“I'm drawn to a lot of first-time directors. One of the great common denominators in these small independent films is that there's a person, or two people, who have an absolutely monomaniacal passion to get these films made. That's what makes them happen. Sometimes, it takes years and years to finally get it done, but by never backing down, by never giving up, they get these films to the screen by hook or by crook.” PeopleGivingYearsFirstsPersonsMadeTwoSometimesDoneHappensFilmPassionCommonDirectorsGiving UpFirst TimeIndependentScreensHookNever Giving UpIndependent FilmGet It DoneCommon DenominatorCrooksBacking Down Author:William H. Macy
“Now the Japanese companies are more focused on that. To have two independent directors - I think it's good to have outside people look at you and think of what you could be doing better. Those are voluntary, but most of the companies told me they're going to do it. And I think it's good for them to say our returns on equity, for example, should be higher. Also, I think some could be more ambitious.” PeopleThinkingShouldLooksTwoCompanyExampleReturnHigherDirectorsIndependentFocusedAmbitiousEquity Author:Jamie Dimon
“It's very difficult to put together an independent movie and a lot of times people really don't hire casting directors for that. Instead, they look for people that they've seen in other movies or they're friends with.” PeopleLooksTogetherDifficultDirectorsIndependentCastingCasting Directors Author:Barbara Crampton
“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.” FilmGuyOpportunityInterestingMistakeCareersDirectorsIndependentMagazinesLos AngelesArticlesIndependent FilmIndependent WomenOpportunities To Learn Author:Dick Wolf